Online Learning Readiness Survey

NECI embraces the use of technology in education. Courses taken at NECI may have supporting online work or may be offered entirely online. It is to your advantage to answer openly and honestly about your ability and willingness to learn online. Training and support are offered at all levels of learning during your educational experience.

Section I. Learning Style

Online learning is often text heavy, requiring reading of course materials, discussions, test questions, and emails online. You will interact with the course materials, the instructor, and your classmates by using email and the Internet. The following questions address your personal learning style.

  1. 1. Face-to-face interaction with my course instructor is:


  2. 2. Participation in face-to-face classroom discussions and receiving feedback from my classmates is:


  3. 3. I consider myself to be:


  4. 4. In all classes, I consider my reading skills to be:


  5. 5. The type of learning environment I learn best in is:


  6. 6. For me, reading text on a computer screen:


  7. 7. When assessing my own progress, I am:


  8. 8. I understand information when it is presented:


  9. 9. When I do not understand an assignment, course instructions I contact:


Section II. Internet Use and Knowledge of Technology

To be successful in online learning, you should be comfortable using computers, email, creating, saving, editing, and emailing documents, using a web browser, uploading and downloading files, and navigating the Internet. The following questions address your knowledge and comfort with technology, email, and the Internet.

  1. 10. When confronted with technology that is new to me such as discussion boards, chat rooms, computers, the Internet, or email:


  2. 11. Around computers, I am:


  3. 12. I use email:


  4. 13. My experience with the Internet is:


  5. 14. When asked to learn new software, I am:


  6. 15. My access to an Internet-ready computer is:


  7. 16. My typing / keyboarding skills are:


Section III. Online Learning

Online learning places the responsibility on the learner to complete the assignments and to ask for anything that is needed or unclear. Online learning requires that you be a motivated, self-disciplined, independent learner who excels in time management and meeting deadlines. The following questions address your knowledge of and commitment to online learning.

  1. 17. Based on my current knowledge of online learning, I expect the amount of time it will take to complete an online course is:


  2. 18. I understand the commitment required of an online course and will log in:


  3. 19. My approach to deadlines and due dates is:


  4. 20. When I come home from work or school:


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