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Certificate Introduction Successful Online Learning Is distance learning right for you? Tips for Success Netiquette Common Emoticons and Acronyms |
- Challenge ideas, not people.
- Use proper language, as if your grandmother were in the room.
- Although humor and wit are greatly encouraged and appreciated, avoid jokes of a personal, racial, or sexual nature.
- Keep postings as brief and to-the-point as possible. Respect other people's time and bandwidth.
- Avoid non-substantive postings such as simple "I agree's" or "Thank you's." Respect other people's time and bandwidth.
- DO NOT USE ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. Using them means you are SHOUTING.
- Communicate your emotions with "emoticons" (emotion icons). In distance classes, we typically cannot see you or hear you; so let us know how you are reacting with emoticons.
- Be forgiving of other people's mistakes. Remember the "Human" in us all.
