Student Survival Guide 11

Student Survival Guide 11

  • Submitted By: tonemoney313
  • Date Submitted: 11/02/2009 5:18 PM
  • Category: English
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Student Survival Guide
Survival is a key element necessary in today’s educational system. Survival is needed even more so when a person is considering taking courses online and learning from a distance. In this handbook I will walk you through all the necessary tools a person will need to use in order to be successful will the distance learning process. So, what is distance learning? Distance learning is learning and being educated by taking online courses rather than in a traditional classroom setting. Axia College provided by the University of Phoenix is where you will get the full online learning experience. There are several concepts you must grasp to be successful with the Axia online College process. They include your ability to use the Axia educational resources, upholding academic honesty, setting and achieving goals, managing time wisely, fostering reading comprehension and retention, and applying personality and learning styles. In this survival guide I will show you how to take advantage of each concept and apply them to ensure your success with distance learning.
Using Axia Educational Resources
Another educational resource you will want to take advantage of is the CWE. This is the Center for Writing Excellence provide by Axia College. With this tool you ensure that all your papers are correct and you can improve you writing technique. Some of the advantages of this tool include programs such as Writepoint, Plagiarism Checker, and Tutorials and Guides. Writepoint is a system that will give you feedback on basic grammar and usage by inserting comments into the text of the paper at the point of the paper. The Plagiarism Checker will keep you on track with your originality. Axia College does not approve of plagiarism at all. So when you submit a paper it will check it and make sure that is is original and not stolen without due credit. The Tutorials and Guides will help you become a better writer and will improve your grammar skills. There are...

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