{"id":59,"date":"2015-02-09T11:24:04","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T11:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/oncpall\/?p=59"},"modified":"2015-02-09T11:37:25","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T11:37:25","slug":"whats-it-really-like-to-study-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/oncpall\/2015\/02\/09\/whats-it-really-like-to-study-online\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s it really like to study online?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We run an entirely online MSc for healthcare professionals in Oncology and Palliative Care,\u00a0but I\u00a0have never actually studied via e-learning\u2026until now! I have just started studying an MSc course which is delivered entirely online and I just wanted to share my experience of e-learning from a student perspective.<\/p>\n

At first I was apprehensive, after spending so long supporting my own students and saying things like \u201conline learning is the future\u201d\u2026what if I couldn\u2019t hack studying online? What if I wasn\u2019t motivated enough?<\/p>\n

So how is it going you ask?\u00a0 Well I am thoroughly enjoying it, I can\u2019t deny that it is a completely different experience to any previous learning but I have found that there is far more support than on my face-to-face undergraduate degree.\u00a0\u00a0 The best element, I find, is the online discussion boards and online tutorials, these let you know that you are on the right track, that the other people are \u201creal\u201d and they are facing with the same issues as you. Grappling with technology when you are on your own can be daunting but there is always someone to help you, via email, phone or discussion board and if you ask the group via discussion, someone has probably already had that issue and worked it out, all you need to do is ask!<\/p>\n

I have found the key to a successful week is getting a really good routine, at the start of the week making a list of everything that needs to be done for that topic and then making a plan for the week. My approach has been to do a bit of work every evening, and then it doesn\u2019t feel like it is taking up ALL of your time.<\/p>\n

So what are the negative aspects\u2026Of course it does take up quite a bit of time and the housework is certainly falling by the wayside\u00a0and\u00a0I am also boring people to tears by telling them ALL about the things I have learnt that week, but they are yet to tell me to shut up (there is still time!)<\/p>\n

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Studying Essentials<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is so convenient to be able to study from anywhere with an internet connection, no need to leave the house when it\u2019s raining and blowing a gale. Just open your laptop, get a comfy chair and a cup of tea (and\u00a0may be some cake)\u00a0and you are good to go! The take home message\u2026. I still think e-learning is great and now I have first-hand experience! Give it a go!<\/p>\n

Ellie<\/p>\n

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We run an entirely online MSc for healthcare professionals in Oncology and Palliative Care,\u00a0but I\u00a0have never actually studied via e-learning\u2026until now! I have just started studying an MSc course which is delivered entirely online and I just wanted to share my experience of e-learning from a student perspective. At first I was apprehensive, after spending … Continue reading What’s it really like to study online?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5463,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,8],"class_list":["post-59","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-elearning","tag-online"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/oncpall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/oncpall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/oncpall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/oncpall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5463"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/oncpall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/oncpall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/oncpall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions\/78"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/oncpall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/oncpall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/oncpall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}