2. 为成功做准备

“我听说在线课程比在校学习同样的课程要简单得多. 你不需要去上课，你只需要交作业，就完成了."

事实说话:
任何课程的工作量都是一样的，不管它是如何交付的. 如果你仔细想想，在线课程的阅读量会更多，因为你 你一定要看完老师的所有说明吗 而不是在课堂上听. 在网络环境中, you need to be more self-disciplined and motivated because you won't be facing the instructor every session.

“如果我上的是在线课程，我可以随时交作业，对吧? I'll just get all of the assignments from the instructor and blast through it in two weeks rather than wasting a whole semester."

事实说话:
不管你认为你能以自己的速度完成什么; 大多数在线课程都不是自学的. Some instructors reveal all assignments ahead of time and others may roll out course topics and assignments incrementally. The most successful students will concentrate on their work at the pace that the teacher has laid out.

给自己 是时候把注意力集中在课程材料上了 and put your best effort into assignments - don't try to rush though the course just to "get it done". The online learning world is not much different from traditional campus courses: the more you put into it, 你从中得到的就越多.

“在线课程总是比在校上课便宜. 除非你在网上上课，否则你只是在浪费时间和金钱."

事实说话:
学费 fees for online courses are typically the same as your traditional on campus classes, but there are some "hidden" costs in taking a class on campus that you may have not considered. 我们来看看 你可以通过在线上课来省钱.

教授在课堂上随机地要求学生回答问题, 但在网络课堂上，我可以低调行事."

事实说话:
不要被虚拟教室的匿名性所迷惑. 即使你和你的教练可能看不到对方, 他或她可以访问有关您参与课程的数量和质量的报告, 相信我们, 他们将. 他们想知道你做得怎么样，他们做得怎么样 参与 会是你任何一门课的重要组成部分吗. In fact, sometimes faculty knows more about their online students than their on-campus students.

(这个问题分为两部分，但都以你的技术智商为中心.)

第1部分:
“我在社交媒体上花了很多时间，我给朋友发短信的时间比和他们聊天的时间还多. 为了在网上上课，我不需要学习任何技术技能."

第2部分:
“我真的不懂怎么用电脑，但显然我的教练懂. 我只会在学期中依靠他或她来帮我解决问题. My online class will teach me any of the technical skills I need to figure it out, right?"

事实说话:
在线学习通常不需要广泛的技术知识, 但是你必须了解电脑的基本知识, 互联网, 如何使用学校的学习管理系统(LMS), 比如Canvas. 看“得到Tech-Ready教程，概述您将使用的技术, then be sure to seek out information or tutorials provided by your school about Canvas before starting your course.

Take the time to really understand your online environment before you get too far into the semester: you won't want to wait until minutes before an assignment is due to learn which buttons you need to push in order to submit it.

“电子邮件基本上是即时的，我知道我的老师一直在查看她的电子邮件. So, 如果我有什么不明白的地方，或者对作业有最后的问题, 我可以给她发邮件, 她应该马上回复. She's definitely up at 10 PM, and it would only take her 2 minutes to write back with the answer."

事实说话:
This is a misconception that we're sure all instructors would like to be cleared up from the outset. Most of your instructors provide a maximum email turnaround time, typically between 24-48 hours. 作为一名学生，你需要提供尽可能多的时间，而且 一定要有一个替代的解决方案 如果你在作业截止前没有收到老师的回复(记住, 你的任务是你的责任, 不是他们的).

Some instructors include a "Questions 关于 the Course" discussion thread where they encour年龄 students to answer one another's questions. This could be immensely helpful for you and might be a way for you to help other students in turn. 还记得我们说过的吗 建立课堂关系?)

另一种方法是 联系班里的其他同学 并交换私人邮件，在整个学期相互支持. 因为你们这周都不会见面, 在线课程很容易让人感到孤立. Try some of these tactics so you can connect with others - you will get a lot more out of your classes if you do.

“如果我没有按时完成作业, I used to tell my instructor that I accidentally brought the wrong notebook to class or that my printer ran out of ink. 现在我可以这么说了 我的电脑死机了, that I accidentally deleted my finished assignment, or that I just sent in the wrong attachment."

事实说话:
也许这些借口都不起作用. 还记得, your instructors have not only heard every excuse in the book (probably more than once), 但他们自己也相当精通技术——确实如此, 毕竟, 教授大学水平的在线课程.

确保你完全理解老师的期望 and that you comply with them in a timely manner and keep an open channel of communication with them if you need help or have questions. Detailed information about your instructor's policies and expectations should be included on their course syllabus.