What are my responsibilities as a distance learning student?
- Time Management
- Manage your stress
- Be consistent
- Find a buddy via your peer students.
- Take responsibility
- Work daily
- Schedule your time
- Use VC Assist as your first point of contact for student queries
- Read communications from VC
- Check emails daily
- Check LMS announcements from lecturers on a regular basis i.e. at least twice a week.
- Attend live collabs where possible
- Use the resources made available by your lecturers and the Library Team.
TOP TIP #1: Manage Your Time
- Check your timetable
- Write down important dates
- Set weekly goals
- Break tasks into smaller tasks
- Utilise to-do lists
- Check PAS (Program Assessment Schedule) regularly.
- Prioritise
- Avoid procrastinating
- Work through tasks, learning units, questions and information supplied by your lecturer.
- Submit assessments timeously not at the last minute.
TOP TIP #2: Set Up a Conductive Work Area
- Have a dedicated space for your studies
- Have all the required tools with you: laptop, calculator (where necessary) pen, pencil, note paper, desk lamp/light, a desk which has sufficient space to work on.
- Study at a quiet area away from distractions of the TV, cell phone, family, friends and pets.
- Have your timetable with your schedule of study time in direct eyesight. This will assist with time management.