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=Online Learner Checklists=

Also see Online Learners for general information and resources for students taking courses offered in an online model. For additional information about teaching or learning in a distributed learning model, see the area of the site Online / Distance Education.

Time Usage Survey: [Ohio Learns] http://www.ohiolearns.org/get_a_plan/time_survey/havetime.php This is pretty cool – but my results were pretty distressing!

Distance Learning Self-Readiness Assessment http://www.fgcu.edu/support/techskills.html

Distance Learning Self-Assessment Quiz by Randall S. Hansen http://www.quintcareers.com/distance_learning_assessment.html You do not take this survey online, but it’s short and quick.

Readiness Assessment [Lake Superior College Virtual Campus] http://www.lsc.edu/online/quiz.cfm These questions were better than some of the other surveys. One question refers to their list of required technology, but there was no link readily available.

The OnlineLearning.net Self-Assessment Quiz http://www.onlinelearning.net/OLE/holwselfassess.html?s=221.30303155b.053n405f10 There is some questions with awkward wording, usually involving negatives. (This is actually a pretty good example of how not to phrase true false questions!)

Self Evaluation for Potential Online Students http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/selfEval.asp This score just a number and there was no description of the results.

Online Learners Guide [Northern Arizona University] [|http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~d-ctel/OLG/] This has the Online Student Survey - Are you ready to be an online student? at [|http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~d-ctel/OLG/survey.php] and the Technical Skills Survey [Online Learner’s Guide] at [|http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~d-ctel/OLG/survey2.php] Some of the questions are written in a negative way that makes them hard to read, and some questions are specific to the services provided by NAU.

Are DL Courses for Me? Take the Quiz! [Piedmont Technical College] http://www.ptc.edu/dl/Quiz.htm Score yourself

ELearners Advisor http://www.elearnersadvisor.com/?source=el This site has a free tool to help “determine if online college education is right for you” by evaluating your “online learning readiness.” Technology Checklist for Online Courses by Dave Edyburn [|http://www.uwm.edu/~edyburn/online/techcheck.html] “…this page contains a three-step checklist that will help you assess the readiness of your computer. … The checklist will take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete. Following the checklist, resources are provided for learning more about productivity software and how to obtain free tools that may assist you in your online work.”