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Online Learner Profiles: Carole

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Guide to Online Education > Online Education In-Depth > Meet Real Online Students > Carole, B.S. in Business

"I make little rules for myself. I say, 'you're going to do homework from 5 to 9. At 9 o'clock you can have a glass of wine.' It's my treat."

But for the most part, she is excited by the prospect of learning new things and exchanging ideas. She looks forward to participating in group discussions online and reads each of the responses carefully.

"I watch and listen. I notice who knows what. I can figure out what age people are," she says of her unique vantage point. "Everyone comes from different places. You just add what you know."

These discussion threads have become a valuable tool. "We all add to each other's comments. Sometimes somebody writes something that you disagree with, but constructive criticism is good. That's how we learn."

"This is so multi-dimensional," she says of online learning. It is unlike a traditional setting where there is generally written communication only between the instructor and an individual student. To her that is the greatest benefit of online learning.

"You can see everything. You can see what everyone is thinking. You add to a discussion all week with the instructor guiding it. You can go back and read and re-read it," she says is another important plus. "The whole class—word for word."

She can't say enough good things about the positive experience she has enjoyed online. It has become another facet of who she is.

A friend called the other day and asked her, 'Carole when are you going to be done?' "I told her never," she says emphatically. "Never, ever."

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