| Online education has become a prefer option especial | | | | submit assignment, communicate with instructors and |
| for working adults to obtain a degree from their | | | | peer through online media such as voice chat, |
| comfort home and at their convenient learning | | | | discussion board, email or video chat. If the student |
| schedule. But, not all online students will be successful | | | | lacks the basic computer skills, he/she will have |
| to complete their online education program. Most | | | | difficulties to follow smoothly the online courses. The |
| students who failed with these common reasons: | | | | person may quit the courses just because he/she |
| Failure Reason #1: Not prepare for online study life | | | | feels that attending online classes is hard due to lack |
| The person who enrolled into online degree program | | | | of the necessary computer skills to make progress |
| is hoping to earn a degree without preparing him | | | | on the study. |
| herself to face the challenge of online study life. Be a | | | | Failure Reason #4: No Commitment To Complete |
| success online student required self-motivation and | | | | The Degree |
| proper time management to ensue he/she stays | | | | The person enrolled into online education because of |
| focus on the study and work the way to the | | | | the impulse intention of getting a paper qualification. |
| completion of the degree program. Without preparing | | | | After enrolled into an online degree program, the |
| for online study life, the student tends to lose focus | | | | person is not really making a commitment to |
| on his/her study when there are other tasks to | | | | complete the degree program. He/she just quit the |
| focus on. This student may end up quit half way | | | | online study program because of other obligations. |
| during his/her online study progress. | | | | Failure Reason #5: Think Online Education Easy |
| Failure Reason #2: Failed To Adapt To Online Learning | | | | This is one of the major reasons that make many of |
| Style | | | | the online students quit their online study. They |
| An online classroom is considerably different from a | | | | choose online education as their option because they |
| traditional classroom. Most online study materials are | | | | think that online education is easier than attending the |
| in text format which required you to read from | | | | campus-based classes because they can study from |
| computer screen or download & print them yourself. | | | | their comfort home and follow their study time. In |
| It's totally different from traditional class-based | | | | actual fact, the online education gives you flexibility |
| learning style where you have instructor read and | | | | and convenient learning environment, which does not |
| explain the content for you. The person who failed in | | | | mean that the learning process is easier than |
| online education may find the study hard with the | | | | traditional learning method; you still need to work |
| reading of text material, he/she prefers to attend | | | | hard to complete the degree requirement before you |
| the class and listen to the lecture. | | | | can successfully earn the degree. These students |
| In additional, online students have the most flexibility | | | | have set the wrong expectation on online study and |
| to plan their study time but many students have bad | | | | when they found out that the actual fact is not what |
| self-planning behaviors that cause them unable to plan | | | | they are expected, they quit. |
| their study schedule properly. Letting them plan for | | | | Summary |
| self-paced study will lead them to the failure. | | | | By being aware the key reasons why many online |
| Failure Reason #3: Lack Of Computer Skills | | | | students failed in online education, you can better |
| One of the basic requirement for online education is | | | | prepare yourself to face the challenges in your online |
| that the student need to have the basic computer | | | | study and be a success online student who earn your |
| skills such as logon to online class, download and | | | | degree through online education. |