Online Class Reflections Part 2

During this course I have realized that I am not the only one that struggles with social awkwardness and tend not to have a high level of participation in a traditional classroom setting.  It's easy to start feeling like maybe it is only you that is shy or unsure.  I know others are totally ok with face to face interactions and that's great, but I struggle with it.  

I also think it's neat that there are so many people from so many different backgrounds in one spot learning the same thing.  Especially because this class is about learning to be a good online student rather than another class like math or English. It's a self improvement class, which I think says a lot about the students who enroll and participate.  We are all being active in making sure we do the very best in our studies despite any social or technical (the computer!) challenges.  

Online school reflections

Over the course of these first two weeks of my online class I have realized that time management and procrastination are huge parts of being successful.   My first week I checked in often but haphazardly, using no real set time frames.  This affected me so much during my second week of school where I had no time with my work week.   I have learned that my class needs to be very high my list of  priorities with a real time slot in my day.  The consequence of not learning to manage my time are stress and the possibility of getting a bad grade. I am feeling that stress now, I am also feeling the stress that I might not be learning the material as well as I need to.  Time management and procrastination are two things I struggle with in life in general, the sooner I learn to be good at these things the easier my life will be, in my opinion anyways. +

My plans to become better at my weaknesses are: have a firm schedule for study time, not letting it fall to the way side when I get busy.  Keeping my study times short so I do not feel overwhelmed.