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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.
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
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