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Empire State College offers students flexible learning opportunities that we call "modes of learning". Simply put, the primary modes of learning at SUNY Empire State College include:
Students can also cross-register at other institutions and earn college credit via our prior learning assessment process, but these credit bearing options are better discussed with your primary mentor than on this website.
Whether you are new to college learning, have been out of school for a while or already have a few semesters completed here or someplace else, learning at SUNY Empire State College requires independent learning strategies that are a little different than other college learning experiences. On this page, you will find some brief descriptions of our modes of learning and tips for how to more effectively study and enhance your success in each of these modes.
An independent study consists of a student and instructor (either your primary mentor or another Empire State College faculty member) meeting one-to-one together or at a distance.
Understand all of your learning contract (LC) - An LC specifies the topics to be studied, the activities to be carried out as part of the study (books to be read, papers to be written, problems to be solved, etc.) and the standards and expectations for successful completion and mastery of the subject.
Make contact with your instructor about once every two weeks to maintain progress on the work.
Make sure you bring up any questions or problems for clarification, so your instructor can provide guidance and advice about how to proceed. The two of you together will be able to better plan and organize the work to be done for the next interaction.
Independent Study - Study Tips
In a study group, small groups of students meet together with an instructor to explore a topic that is frequently an interdisciplinary or timely subject. The group provides discussion opportunities and access to films, guest speakers, and other learning resources (including other students).
Study Group Study - Study Tips
Residency courses are structured and offer you the opportunity to interact with other students as well as the course instructor before, during and after the residency. The residency is a face-to-face series of meetings that typically have a plenary sessions focus on the theme and related topics and small group seminars. Interactions before and after the residency happen in online environments, and occasionally might include other face-to-face/online meetings.
Residency Course - Study Tips
Online courses are structured and designed for groups of students. They offer you the opportunity to interact with other students as well as the course instructor and in online discussions of the course material and group projects.
Online Study - Study Tips
Do the Intro to Moodle Student Course located under the Help tab on the navigation bar at the top of the Moodle page.
REVIEW the Course OVERVIEW/SYLLABUS to access the course content, schedule of interactions & due dates
Set deadlines if none or open-ended deadlines are provided
Review each and every module BEFORE you do any assignment. - READ and/or print the Module Overview if there is one.
Get organized - folders, notebook, online documents
Schedule regular devoted time to work
GettingStartedinMoodle.docx.pdf
Other important information
(More tips & tricks will be added as we hear about them)
USE A WEBBROWSER on a laptop, PC, or Macintosh computer. DON'T use your Smartphone or Tablet - you will not be able to see all of your course. The best browser to use is Firefox.
To log into your courses you can to the Moodlerooms Web address:
www.esc.edu/moodle
Enter college login and password
To display a list of current courses:
Hover over the link for “My Courses” in the blue navigation bar.
Click course title to connect to course.
Note: The Future Courses block will display the courses registered for until the start of preview week -- then use My Courses"
If using a Blackboard Collaborate web-conference/presentation room as part of your Moodleroom course site
Be aware that the link to the web-conference will not appear until 30 minutes before the session is supposed to begin. Check with your course instructor for any additional information regarding live online sessions over the web.
How to submit an assignment in the Moodle Dropbox
Moodle Assignments (aka Dropbox)
Click through the presentation below by using the arrows or by clicking on the presentation itself in Slideshare. This presentation shows students how to access resources and then simplifies a few ways to access resources and the most common things that students need to know in Moodlerooms.
Learn How to Learn at the Moodlerooms Learning Center
Everything to learn to use Moodlerooms.
www.esc.edu/moodleroomslearning
Enter college login and password.
Student Introduction to Moodlerooms: An online self-paced tutorial
https://moodle.esc.edu/course/view.php?id=4517
Enter college login and password.
Moodlerooms Knowledge Sharing Space:
Ask a question/Get an answer
https://moodle.esc.edu/course/view.php?id=4469
Enter college login and password.
Help Desk - use if you are having technical problems with your computer
Submit a ticket
www.esc.edu/techinfo
A Moodlerooms System Announcement
https://techinfo.esc.edu/kb_article.php?ref=9331-WRBM-9079&auth=84495dbd8936b8bc47b98abd27cb3e35
Here are some links to help documents, videos and resources created by our Academic Support staff and others at the college to help you learn how to learn in our online learning environment, Moodle:
These Moodle videos were created by the Faculty Instructional Technologist at the Hudson Valley Center
http://commons.esc.edu/marklewis/moodle-quickstarts/
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