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Don’t check email. Don’t pick up your phone or text.
It’s so easy to spend an hour messaging or checking Instagram, so don’t even give yourself the opportunity to get distracted.
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Block out 2–3 hours Monday through Friday for classwork.
It’s not realistic to think that you can just put it off to the weekend because you may hit a block or be tired from working all week.
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Although you're probably tempted to choose with more than 1, start with 1 class and finish it before moving on.
The first class is the hardest because you need to learn how to learn online and also learn the material.
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Tell yourself you will focus on it for 15 mins.
During the 15 mins, you’re so focused on working for 15 mins that you won’t get distracted; and after 15 mins you’ve made sufficient progress to be ‘in the zone.’
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Find a friend to do it with you and commit to weekly study sessions.
Online learning is usually lonely and when you get stuck you are really stuck — having friends to work through problems together is critical.
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... and pause/rewind during sections you don’t understand.
Because you don’t get to ask questions, it’s important that you train yourself to fully understand one section before moving on.
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A lot of times the lectures/handouts don’t explain something well.
It’s best to get a book to get a second explanation because there are no teachers or course assistants to ask.
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It’s easy to think that you shouldn’t have missed the dumb mistake, but often your process for problem solving can be dramatically improved.
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During work hours, turn off your notifications, and instead, build in time to check email and messages.
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