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Is An Online Higher Qualification Right For You?

By Owen Jones


It is hard to achieve a higher qualification, that is the whole point of them. Having a degree means that that person was dedicated and hard-working enough to devote plenty of time to studying a given topic to a very high degree. However, you can up those figures if the person has gained a degree or higher qualification on line.

It is a lot more difficult to keep to a schedule if there is no one behind you prompting you to get on with your study. If you work with most degree courses on line, there is no ordinary support accessible to encourage you.

In fact, you might have your efforts checked once a month, once a quarter, once a year or not at all, depending on the package you have chosen. The more human interaction there is, the more expensive the course naturally.

Therefore, you ought to take a long hard look at yourself and your qualities before purchasing or signing on for an on line degree course. There follows in this piece a list of the most important qualities that an on line degree student will require in order to have a decent chance of success.

Patience: as we all know, patience is a virtue and that is absolutely a fact if you need to do all your own research. In a normal college, a lot of the research work is given to you in class or in the course books or you can enquire of your lecturer for advice, but when you study at home you are on your own.

The Internet has made research easier, but the diligent student has to check and recheck all information before relying on it as there is a lot of rubbish on the Net as well. This all takes time and patience, but the aspect in your favour is that you can work whenever you want.

Initiative: you have to be able to establish deadlines and keep to them, particularly if you have to hand in essays. You will be required to hit deadlines without support or encouragement. You will require to plan for unseen disasters which could push you off course.

Desire: desire to get your qualification will be a powerful force that you can harness to drive you on through the lonely wee hours. You have to hold your goals right before you at all times. You will almost certainly not get through the course, if you do not actually care enough.

Organization: if you have a teacher harassing you to get items done on time, you do not really need to be properly organized, but the opposite is a fact if you are working alone. You have to be able to jot things down in, say, a diary, and keep to deadlines that you have made for yourself. A desk diary is a must here.

An on line organizer like Microsoft Outlook is a boon, but you lose everything if your computer crashes and that is one thing that you cannot afford to let happen. By all means enter your data into Outlook too, but do not rely exclusively on it.

Determination: determination is linked to desire. Desire fuels determination. If you are determined to get through the course and determined to get a good grade, you will have a bigger chance of achieving your aims.




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