Student Survival Guide
As a new student to Axia College and the distance learning environment, I have learned much in the last nine weeks that will be invaluable during my college experience. I have compiled the following information as a student survival guide; it will serve as a resource during my educational program. In it the following topics are covered: using Axia’s educational resources, upholding academic honesty, setting and achieving goals, managing time wisely, fostering reading comprehension and retention and applying personality and learning styles.
Axia College has many online educational resources available to students. Three resources that I believe to be incredibly valuable are the availability to download and save files in multiple formats, the University Library and the ability to identify key information within articles. All course material is available for download in multiple formats. The material can be saved on a computer or audio files can be saved to a portable device for use at a later time. Being able to download information to an mp3 player or IPod allows the student to get the information and listen to it at their own convenience from their own portable device. The University Library is another educational resource available online. Students have access to thousands of books, articles, magazines and journals; an online library can save countless hours in research and has all of the benefits of a traditional library. At Axia there are three databases to choose from: Ebscohost, ProQuest, and Thomson Gale PowerSearch. The search results that these databases yield are geared toward students, as opposed to a traditional search engine. Many of the resources at the University Library are peer and scholarly-reviewed articles to ensure verifiable information. Another benefit of the Library is that searching for specific information can be done using an advanced search. Using an advanced search allows a student to find specific words and information within...
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