Time Management for Online Learners

One Key to Success

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Your online distractions ◦ What are they?◦ What strategies will you use to get them under

control?◦ Goal setting to minimize distractions

Questions about next week’s assignments

Overview of Today’s Live Session

By the end of the session, each of you will be able to:

◦ List the distractions that keep you from being most productive when studying for your online courses.

◦ Identify strategies that will work for you.◦ Set goals for using study time more effectively

and efficiently.

Learning Outcomes

Brainstorming Activity

◦ You are sitting at your computer, knowing that what you should be doing is your online course homework.

◦ Write in the text box any activity that you are doing either on or around your computer that is distracting you from your coursework. Are you playing computer games, shopping online, watching soaps etc.

What are your Distractions?

What themes do you see?

Distractions - Themes

Controlling Distactions

A few reminders about good goal setting – they must be:

Something you can achieve, but challenging

Specific

Measurable

Have deadlines

Goal Setting

Questions about today’s session?

Questions about next week’s homework?

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