{"id":3234,"date":"2018-03-19T15:52:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T20:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/?p=3234"},"modified":"2018-03-19T15:52:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T20:52:30","slug":"how-to-fail-an-online-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/how-to-fail-an-online-course\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fail an Online Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you really want to fail an online course, I found some great suggestions and share them below. It is more simple than you think&#8230;you, too, can fail an online course.<\/p>\n<p>Online courses are marketed, in part, based on their flexibility and working with your demanding life schedule.\u00a0 How can someone mess that up?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip 1: Fail to Schedule<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/calendar-2075065_960_720-e1521491692411.png\" width=\"117\" height=\"149\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFail to plan or plan to fail\u201d, as the old saying goes.\u00a0 If human history has taught us anything, it is that planning and scheduling generally produces better performance than flying by the seat of the pants.<\/p>\n<p>Those who prefer not to schedule cling to the following sayings, \u201cIf you put it off to the last minute, then it only takes a minute to do\u201d.\u00a0 \u201cGet behind early, then it will give you more time to catch up\u201d.\u00a0 While these sayings may be more closely related to the concept of procrastination, they are related to scheduling.<\/p>\n<p>Most of us set aside time to eat, time to sleep, and some to exercise.\u00a0 If you are taking an online course, you need to schedule in the course and study time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip 2: Fail to Study<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Fail-to-Study-e1521491681732.jpg\" width=\"265\" height=\"177\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>This is related to Tip 1.\u00a0 I am seeing this more and more in the college students that I teach in traditional face to face settings.\u00a0 They somehow expect to pass the course by simply attending class.\u00a0 They don\u2019t expect to study outside of class\u2026just show up.<\/p>\n<p>With online classes you don\u2019t have the luxury to \u201cjust show up\u201d.\u00a0 With no set meeting times, more self-discipline is required.\u00a0 Many online courses have mandatory online discussion boards for posts.\u00a0 These posts must be made by certain times.\u00a0 However, there is no instructor looking at you face to face, challenging you to study.\u00a0 \u00a0Don&#8217;t study if you want to excel in, &#8220;How to fail an online course&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip 3: Since it\u2019s Online, it Must be Easier<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Online-easier-e1521491625754.jpg\" width=\"191\" height=\"127\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Wrong.\u00a0 A classic online course requires, perhaps, more work than a traditional face to face class.\u00a0 The reason is that accreditors want the school to justify awarding credit when a school does not have a student in a seat for 40+ hours in a semester.\u00a0 This seat time is made up for by additional reading, papers, etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip 4: Fail to Organize<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Unorganized-desk-e1521491666120.jpg\" width=\"211\" height=\"158\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Again, this is related to Tip 1.\u00a0 An online course will require the purchase of books, the turn in of written assignments at specific intervals, and sometimes required online viewing of lectures.\u00a0 Again, without a face to face instructor reminding students of these events, they can easily \u201cslip through the cracks\u201d.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Failing to organize goes a long way in, &#8220;How to fail an online course&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip 5: Try to be Superman or Superwoman<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Superman.jpg\" width=\"204\" height=\"152\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>I recently heard Ravi Zacharias say that we want everything.\u00a0 We want, \u201cfreedom, and rigidity, work and leisure, country living and city living, free love and commitment\u201d, etc.\u00a0 The truth is we can\u2019t have it all.\u00a0 If a student if going to take an online class, then there has to be sacrifice of something.<\/p>\n<p>Look at all of the ways your day is spent and cut something out. If you don&#8217;t,\u00a0\u00a0you are well on your way to, &#8220;How to fail an online course&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Bottom Line<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These seem to be simple and straightforward, but putting the tips into practice is not as easy as it seems.\u00a0 It requires self-discipline.\u00a0 A characteristic in seemingly short supply in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These tips were gleaned from a very funny blog out of the University of Colorado.\u00a0 To read more see:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/cuonlineblog.ucdenver.edu\/student\/how-to-fail-your-online-classes-without-even-trying\">http:\/\/cuonlineblog.ucdenver.edu\/student\/how-to-fail-your-online-classes-without-even-trying<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you really want to fail an online course, I found some great suggestions and share them below. It is more simple than you think&#8230;you, too, can fail an online course. 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