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Are You Ready To Study Online?

Is online learning right for you? You will want to consider the online learning environment, your learning styles, your discipline, your schedule your language skills, and your comfort with technology.

Ask yourself these 12 questions and reflect carefully on any "no" responses. If you still aren’t sure, talk to other students who have taken courses online.

  1. I have the time management skills to balance schoolwork and my career
  2. I am comfortable learning on my own without face-to-face interaction
  3. I am able to work in a participative manner with my classmates
  4. I value the diversity in any course
  5. I am willing to be accountable to my classmates and my instructor
  6. I am an organized, motivated, and self-disciplined learner
  7. I am willing to take responsibility for getting whatever help I need for my courses by asking questions of other students and the instructor
  8. I have strong English language reading and writing skills
  9. I have access to the necessary technology to participate in an online course
  10. I am resourceful if I have technical problems
  11. I am comfortable expressing my ideas, comments and questions in writing and have successfully done so using email and chat rooms
  12. I am comfortable with finding/downloading software from the Internet, installing it and trying new things online

Click here to take a short self-assessment.

For more information, please contact the Distance Learning Department, (505) 428-1166, distancelearning@sfcc.edu.

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