Learn to Be Patient
In online education, just like everything else, unexpected things will happen. Your Internet provider might go out of service. Your computer might stop working. Or, life might throw an unexpected curve ball your way. Most of these affect the traditional learning environment, but when they happen during an online course, the extra feelings of being remote and distant from your instructor and the school might add some anxiety. The best way to avoid this is to have a back-up plan. What will you do if your Internet goes down? What will you do if your computer breaks? How will you still complete assignments?
Perhaps the harder issues to deal with are life issues that get in the way of your coursework. Since you never know when these will occur, you should always try to complete your work early. Pretend that the deadlines are earlier than they are. Then, when something unexpected happens, you already have a cushion of time in which to complete your work and still meet the course deadlines.
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