Keys to Online Learning Plus NEW MyStudentSuccessLab 2012 Update -- Access Card Package

This text is appropriate for online or hybrid Student Success classes, General Education courses delivered online, and as a supplemental resource across the curriculum to prepare students for effective online learning. It addresses strategies specific to the hybrid and online learning environment combined with key components, learning styles and critical thinking, from best-selling Keys to Success to help students be effective across the curriculum.     Keys to Online Learning addresses though the convenience of online education has enabled greater numbers of students’ access to degree programs, being successful in this environment requires specific skills and strategies. Every element can be fundamentally different for online students (i.e. the presentation of material, classmate and instructor interaction, assessments and activities). Students will learn how to effectively experience the online environment learning process as they decide what, how, and when course materials are accessed.  Reading skills are required for print and onscreen content. Writing is the main form of communication, informally on discussion boards and formal writing skills in academic papers.  Assignments require virtual collaboration, and developing peer relationships requires a different skill set than those used in face-to-face settings.  Online education can make a student more anonymous, so motivation and time management is paramount.  This resource will support online students to develop the aforementioned skills: reading, writing, assignments, and more, infusing learning styles and critical thinking throughout.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1:  Logging In to Success         Feature:  Analyze:  Rate Yourself as an Onlien Student Understanding the Online Learning Environment         Facts and Fictions of Online Learning         Types of Online Courses         Feature:  Online Application         Types of Assignments         Types of Learning Management Systems         Setting Yourself Up for Success: Practices of Successful Online Learners         Prepare for the Path Ahead         Structure Your Schedule         Set Priorities         Develop Discipline and Accountability         Foster Relationships         Feature: Online Outlook         Seek New Skills         Manage Your Thoughts and Emotions         Feature:  Create a Quick Plan for Success         Ask for Help                  Feature:  Practice                                            Chapter 2: Managing Time and Priorities         Feature:  Analyze:  Rate Yourself as a Self-Manager Setting Goals for Success         What is a Goal?         Dealing with Conflicting Goals         Guidelines for Attainable (SMART) Goals         Feature:  Create a Path to Success  Time Management Tools and Strategies         Schedules and Planners         Common Electronic Calendar Features Managing Time in Online Courses         Manage Email         Feature:  Online Application         Feature: Online Outlook         Manage Discussion Forums         Manage Course Resources         Manage Your Non-Educational Computer Time         Put Off Procrastination         Develop Good Habits         Feature:  Practice   Chapter 3: Navigating Learning Strategies         Feature:  Analyze:  Rate Yourself as a Self-Knowing Learner Use Assessments to Learn about Yourself         Assess to Grow, Not to Label         Types of Assessments         Feature:  Create a Character Assess Yourself with the Multiple Intelligences with Pathways to Learning         Take the Assessment         Apply the Strategies for Online Learning Assess Your Style of Interaction with the Personality Spectrum         Take the Assessment         Apply the Strategies for Online Learning         Feature:  Online Outlook         Feature:  Practice   Chapter 4: Critical Thinking: Programming         Feature:  Analyze:  Rate Yourself as a Thinker Becoming a THINKER         Take apart information         Hear other perspectives         Identify False Logic         Neutralize judgment         Keep out bias         Evaluate sources         Resolve problems Critical Thinking in Arguments         Identifying the Conclusion         Identifying the Premises         Identifying the Supporting Evidence         Identifying the Hidden Assumptions Critical Thinking in an Online Environment         Strategies for Using Critical Thinking in Threaded Discussions         Strategies for Searching for Information Online         Feature:  Online Application         Feature:  Evaluate Websites         Feature:  Online Outlook             Feature:  Practice                 Chapter 5 Uploading Information—Online Reading, Information Literacy, and Study Skills         Feature:  Rate Yourself as a Reader of Online and Text Materials Get Ready to Read         Define Your Purpose         Be Prepared for a Challenge         Set Realistic Goals         Expand Your Vocabulary         Deal with Internal Distractions         Prepare for Online Reading Active Reading Strategies for Critical READERS         Rapidly Skim         Evoke Memories         Apply Critical Thinking         Determine Main Ideas         Engage with Others                     Review         Summarize Online Reading Challenges         Complex Material         Eyestrain         Feature:  Create a Summary         Feature:  Online Application         Feature:  Online Outlook         Reading Strategies for Different Learning Styles         Feature: Practice                 Chapter 6 Compressing Information--Note-Taking for Online Courses         Feature:  Analyze:  Rate Yourself as an Active Student Basic Note-Taking Techniques         Deciding on What to Record         Deciding Where to Keep Notes         Feature:  Create Abbreviations Note-Taking Situations         Note-Taking While Reading         Note-Taking for Multimedia Presentations         Feature:  Online Outlook         Collaborative Note-Taking Note-Taking Formats         Outlining         T-format (Cornell System)         Think Links         Feature:  Online Application         Note-Taking Strategies for Different Learning Styles         Feature: Practice                 Chapter  7: Zooming in on Online Course Assignments and Tests         Feature: Analyze:  Rate Yourself as a Writer Tackling Any Assignment         Before You Begin          Approaching Different Types of Assignments         Feature:  Online Application         ANSWER the Question                                      Characteristics of Effective Writing         Clear Topic         Good Organization         Feature:  Create a New Topic         Writer’s Voice and Material         Feature:  Online Outlook         Sentence Variety         Conciseness         Correct Grammar and Punctuation         Good Design Applying Strategies for Different Learning Styles         Feature: Practice                 Chapter 8—Creating e-Portfolios         Feature: Analyze:  Rate Yourself as a Self-Promoter Developing Your e-Portfolio         Purpose of an e-Portfolio         What to Include         Feature:  Create a Short Biography Steps in Creating an e-Portfolio         Decide         Collect         Develop         Feature:  Online Application         Evaluate         Share         Feature:  Online Outlook         Feature: Practice    

About the Author :
Kateri Drexler has been designing online applications for students for over fifteen years. As the President of Global Learning Solutions, Inc. Kateri oversees the creation of interactive and engaging online courses, labs, and simulations.  Prior to venturing into the online world, she was a professor of business administration and has authored or co-authored twelve texts in the field of student success. Kateri is dedicated to discovering what drives and enables students to learn. When a high school biology teacher challenged her to raise her own standards significantly, beyond what she thought possible, it changed the course of her future.  Since then, she has studied how others can benefit from finding their own driving force and mastering learning skills by making small adjustments in habits and practices. She has traveled extensively around the world; living and working in Africa, Asia, South America and the U.S. helping thousands of students take control of the factors and forces that shape their lives. She is a consultant with the U.S. Department of State for governmental ministries and heads of businesses in developing countries in terms of strategic development.  Books include: Strategies for the Future Professional, Strategies for Building on Your Best, Icons of Business Volume I, Icons of Business Volume II, Strategies for the Future Professional, Strategies for Active Citizenship, Strategies for Technical Professionals; Pathways to Success Volumes I- III.  She was the Media Director for the Keys SERIES, developed several Instructor’s Manuals, the Student Success Supersite, and media for use with Keys and other texts, online courses for Student Success.  Kateri holds an MBA.   Carol Carter began college knowing she was “behind the 8-ball” in terms of her skills. What she lacked in experience, she made up for with elbow grease and persistence. The work paid off and she graduated college with honors and a desire to help other students. carol's company, LifeBound, is her classroom. each year, she works with ten to fifteen interns and graduates who help her develop ideas whic, in turn, help students in college and school districts around the country. As President of LifeBound, she teaches study, interpersonal, and career skills to middle school and high school students to help them become competitive in today’s global world and to create better prepared freshman entering college. She also trains and teaches faculty in Academic Coaching. Learn more at www.lifebound.com ot follow Carol on Twitter.     Her first book, Majoring in the Rest of Your Life, launched her writing career and opened the door to her work on the Keys to Success Series. Her blog site is www.caroljcarter.com..   Joyce Bishop has taught college students for more than twenty-two years. After struggling with a learning disability as a student, she went on to earn a PhD in psychology. Right now, she is in her dream job as a staff development coordinator at Golden West COllege, traning faculty in learning strategies and online teaching techniques while still teaching three classes. in 2008 Joyce received the Hayward Award, a state teachinga ward.     Joyce co-founded the Pathways to Independence non-profit foundation for poor young women from abusive backgrounds. While the young women have come from backgorunds as diverse as prison or extreme poverty, the program has sent 225 of them to college and 195 have graduated into gainful employment. This photo is of Joyce with one of the Pathways graducates, Valerie, who obtained her degree in nursing and is now working at a major university hospital.   Sarah Lyman Kravits lives the strategies for success she writes about. As an author and mother of three children aged 11, 9, and 5, she faces the challenges of managing time and fulfilling responsibilities (not to mention eating right and getting enough sleep). In her writing and research, she works to stay creative and keep up with technology and the growth of knowledge. In her work with colleagues all over the country, she strives for integrity, effective communication, productive teamwork, and flexibility. Finally, in her current role as a breast cancer patient, she uses goal achievement and stress management strategies every single day to get through a host of new and unexpected challenges.

Review :
“This is the best text I have seen for students which incorporated learning skills and study strategies for being successful in an online environment. I feel that the text can benefit those students taking online courses, but also those students who take any course where there are online components to the course, or any online research course requirements.” --Diane Eisenberg, Chapman University   “The exercises and surveys in this text are far better and to the point than is the case with other texts in the field. The greatest strength is the clear and concise writing style. It is a pleasure to read this text. The chapters I read were extremely well organized and written. The text flowed naturally from one topic to another, was not too jargon-heavy and was interesting and intriguing even to someone who was one of the earliest adopters of online and multimedia technologies. Excellent manuscript. It is well written, contextualizes well and covers every topic in a thoughtful and readable manner.” --Jeremy Dunning, Ph.D., Indiana University   “The tone is consistently accessible for the target student audience and is written in a motivating, engaging style. The greatest strength of the writing is the regular tendency to provide concrete examples and applications of the theoretical topics.” --Mark Brasher, ITT Technical Institute, Online “This is a book that helps students understand the challenges and develop the skills necessary to thrive in an online learning environment” --William Shultz, Ph.D., Walden University   “It is the first text I’ve seen with a clear focus on the online learning environment and strategies for online learning success.” —Lisa Taylor-Galizia, Carteret Community College