Helpful Links for Online Learning
Are you ready for an Online Course?
- NMSU Distance Learning Self Evaluation – Is distance learning right for you? Does it suit your style of learning? Will you be satisfied taking courses in an online environment? Our distance learning self-evaluation can help you decide.
- NMSU Technical Skills Distance Self-Evaluation – Do you have the technical skills necessary to complete an online course? Do you have the necessary Internet skills to work in an online learning environment? Our technical skills self-evaluation can help you decide.
NMSU Information for Prospective & Current Students
- NMSU College of Extended Learning -The College of Extended Learning extends New Mexico State University’s reach beyond traditional campuses, classrooms, and academic programs to provide a wide range of educational opportunities for students to meet their academic, professional, and personal learning goals. Many helpful links for distance learning on this site
- NMSU Distance Education College of Extended Learning – New Mexico State University provides comprehensive distance learning opportunities to meet diverse educational and professional needs anytime, anywhere. Many helpful links for distance learning on this site
More Helpful NMSU sites
- Student Training and Resources – The Student Training and Resources site is your one-stop source for information and instruction about technology at New Mexico State University. This site can be used as a starting point for new students to get a quick overview of the services and technologies that NMSU has to offer. In addition, the site site can be used as a reference for computing-related questions.
Study Tips/Time Management
- Study Guides and Strategies – Study guides, strategies, skills, tips and habits for learners and students in 30 languages
- Generally Study Tips for Online Learning – World Campus General Study Tips (Pennsylvania State University)
Communicating Online
- Netiquette Quiz – Netiquette covers both common courtesy online and the informal “rules of the road” of cyberspace
- Core Rules of Netiquette – The Core Rules of Netiquette are excerpted from the book Netiquette by Virginia Shea; Click on each rule for elaboration
Itunes
- NMSU on iTunes University
iTunes U is a free, hosted service for colleges and universities that provides easy access to their educational content, including lectures and interviews, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can download content to your Macs or PCs, listen to and view that content, or transfer it to a iPod for listening or viewing on the go. Instructors can create content for a course by recording lectures, developing assignments, creating videos and podcasts.
For additional reading for students of any age, see You Learn It! A Comprehensive List of Educational Resources.
