1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,166 [Music] 2 00:00:10,166 --> 00:00:15,299 Online courses are very convenient for students that have busy schedules ... ... 3 00:00:15,300 --> 00:00:16,733 that may ... 4 00:00:16,733 --> 00:00:19,199 coming to campus a little more difficult such as ... 5 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:22,166 working full-time or having to take your children. 6 00:00:22,166 --> 00:00:30,766 [Music] 7 00:00:30,766 --> 00:00:33,699 Another reason to take an online course would be 8 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:37,833 because you are naturally a self-initiating kind of student. 9 00:00:37,833 --> 00:00:40,299 You naturally .... 10 00:00:40,300 --> 00:00:45,800 you naturally set tasks and accomplished them. 11 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:50,533 And so by being more of an entrepreneurial student, self-initiating student 12 00:00:50,533 --> 00:00:52,499 you ... 13 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:56,166 an online class gives you the flexibility and the opportunity 14 00:00:56,166 --> 00:01:03,032 to engage that aspect of ... 15 00:01:03,033 --> 00:01:05,799 structured and scheduled 16 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:09,100 lecture classroom setting. 17 00:01:09,100 --> 00:01:18,066 [Music] 18 00:01:18,066 --> 00:01:26,266 Well, Cerro Coso uses Moodle for all of our online classes so once you take an online class then that's pretty much the ... ... 19 00:01:26,266 --> 00:01:30,766 the environment that you'll be working in. 20 00:01:30,766 --> 00:01:38,866 Instructors will organize their lectures a little bit differently within blocks, but the basic Moodle architecture 21 00:01:38,866 --> 00:01:40,499 stays the same 22 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:42,833 across courses. 23 00:01:42,833 --> 00:01:49,666 [Music] 24 00:01:49,666 --> 00:01:50,666 [Music] 25 00:01:50,666 --> 00:01:55,999 I would say they need to have access to high-speed internet. 26 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,066 As long as the student has some basic computer knowledge 27 00:01:59,066 --> 00:02:01,566 they know how to upload a file ... 28 00:02:01,566 --> 00:02:02,632 email ... ... 29 00:02:02,633 --> 00:02:03,333 work with email. 30 00:02:03,333 --> 00:02:05,199 I think they can be successful. 31 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:12,600 [Music] 32 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:16,933 The advantage of an online class is that it's asynchronous ... 33 00:02:16,933 --> 00:02:20,366 which means that you can do it whenever the time is convenient to you 34 00:02:20,366 --> 00:02:23,199 within the time frame of the course, but understand 35 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:29,133 asynchronous doesn't mean that the course allows you to finish at your own pace. 36 00:02:29,133 --> 00:02:32,899 Activities are usually plotted in a course on a weekly schedule. 37 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:37,433 You have due dates throughout the week and you need to set a consistent time ... 38 00:02:37,433 --> 00:02:39,033 treat it like a class 39 00:02:39,033 --> 00:02:42,199 do your homework and follow through on it. 40 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:48,566 So, if you got ... a four unit class which is what my class would be 41 00:02:48,566 --> 00:02:52,632 find four hours that you can establish whether two hours 42 00:02:52,633 --> 00:02:55,099 two days a week one hour four days a week that 43 00:02:55,100 --> 00:02:56,133 should 44 00:02:56,133 --> 00:02:59,099 you dedicate to going through that week's activities 45 00:02:59,100 --> 00:03:02,533 paying attention to when the due dates are during the week 46 00:03:02,533 --> 00:03:08,733 and then use the rest to your study time ... to participate in the activities that may be outside the class by reading or ... 47 00:03:08,733 --> 00:03:11,133 writing your papers... 48 00:03:11,133 --> 00:03:13,533 and make sure you keep up with deadlines. 49 00:03:13,533 --> 00:03:18,033 I can't tell you how many times I've had students have who've told me I just forgot the deadline. 50 00:03:18,033 --> 00:03:19,333 Will you take this? 51 00:03:19,333 --> 00:03:21,666 And depending on the instructors policy ... 52 00:03:21,666 --> 00:03:26,499 late work may or may not be accepted. 53 00:03:26,500 --> 00:03:35,500 [Music]