{"id":583,"date":"2022-02-16T11:46:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T16:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cfcc.edu\/cape-fear-online\/?page_id=583"},"modified":"2025-07-09T08:10:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T12:10:02","slug":"is-online-right-for-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cfcc.edu\/cape-fear-online\/is-online-right-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Online Right for Me?"},"content":{"rendered":" <div class=\"text-larger mb-4\"> Online courses can be a good option for you if you need flexibility due to your job, family, or other responsibilities. <\/div> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thinking of taking an online course? Here\u2019s what you need to know.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online Learning is offered in four formats: <\/span><strong>Internet (I), Internet Synchronous (IS), Blended (L), and Hybrid (Y). For more information on these formats see the <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.cfcc.edu\/pages\/wdO87ZwA6PeTroL9aXMv\"> <strong>CFCC Catalog and Student Handbook.\u00a0<\/strong> <\/a> \n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BE INFORMED!<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online courses often require more time and work than in face-to-face courses. In a traditional face-to-face course, you are expected to spend three hours working outside of class for every hour in class. However, this does vary. In an online course, many of these \u201coutside\u201d hours are built into the assignments and can be tracked, forcing you to actually commit yourself to spend the full amount of time on the course.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online courses are not self-paced.\u00a0 Online courses at CFCC typically have firm deadlines just like face-to-face courses. In fact, many instructors keep identical schedules in their online and face-to-face courses.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED ONLINE.<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Self-motivation and time management skills.<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Although online courses are not self-paced, they do require you to keep up with a set schedule. In a fully online (Internet) course, this is especially important as you do not have regular face-to-face meetings to remind you of deadlines.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>A computer with reliable internet access<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that you have access to every day.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Basic computer skills like typing, emailing, attaching files, and navigating file structures.<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Online courses assume a basic level of computer competency. If you have never or rarely used a computer before or simply don\u2019t feel comfortable using new technology, you should consider taking a computer skills course before you move on to the Internet, Internet Synchronous, Blended, or Hybrid courses.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thinking of taking an online course? Here\u2019s what you need to know. 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