Tips for Tests, Papers, & Homework Assignments
College is never easy, but it can be easier if you know your way around some basic academic rules. For example, reading and writing are necessary components of any degree program. This section tells you how to do both better. This is also the place to find e-learning-specific tips – like how to participate in virtual group projects, complete online research, and deliver online presentations.
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Preparing for the Social Sciences and History CLEP Exam
The College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) , is a great way to gain college credit for information you already know. CLEP covers a wide range of subject matter, and allows college students to "test...
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How to Avoid Feeling Isolated in Your Online Class
In a traditional classroom, you meet your fellow students and faculty and create a real community; even it's only for the length of the class. You notice when your classmates look upset or even who is...
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How to Be a Better College Reader
Reading Strategies When it comes to college reading, speed isn't always the objective — especially if you're reading about something complicated, like quantum physics. But if you have to read Moby...
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How to Conduct Research Online
Electronic resources abound, and they can be of very high quality. The best way to find peer-reviewed, high-quality journal articles is to access them through your online library, or to purchase the articles...
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How to Write an Organized Paper
College papers come in all shapes and sizes. And different assignments will require different strategies. If you're working on a research paper — a paper that involves citations from books, articles...
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How to Avoid Plagiarism
Plagiarism is stealing; it is the act of passing off another person's intellectual property as your own and taking credit for another person's work. Colleges and universities take academic dishonesty very...
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How to Write an A+ Discussion Posting
Whether you are a seasoned distance learner or are taking your very first online class, the online class discussion (also known as online bulletin board or message forum) is central to your online learning...
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How to Effectively Participate in a Live Chat Session
Now your professor wants you to attend a live chat session with some of your classmates — it's a chance to show your stuff, but how can you be effective? Should you be formal or informal? What about...
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How to Survive Virtual Group Work
Most e-learners have mixed feelings about group work and the activities they've had to do with their classmates. Perhaps you've had the same experience: you loved going to the discussion board and sharing...
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How to Give an Effective Online Group Presentation
There are three phases when developing effective presentations. These phases are part of all presentations. If you are doing a presentation on your own, you naturally follow this process. If you are in...
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