How to manage 28 self-paced courses, three kids and a job in the North Sea Presented by Senior Fellow Student Thor Steinsland Supported by Professor Morten Flate Paulsen A presentation at the Fifth EDEN Research Workshop in Paris, October 21. 2008

Presented by

Senior Fellow Student

Thor Steinsland

Supported by

Professor

Morten Flate Paulsen

My courses I started as an NKI student 15.sept. 2005 So far, I have completed 23 courses I typically work 120 hours to complete a course I have one learning partner I will be finished with my studies june 2009 Then I will be educated as an automation engineer I have started to work as an engineer already

I started as an NKI student 15.sept. 2005

So far, I have completed 23 courses

I typically work 120 hours to complete a course

I have one learning partner

I will be finished with my studies june 2009

Then I will be educated as an automation engineer

I have started to work as an engineer already

Completing many online courses in combination with work and family responsibilities Focus on Family, Work and Studies Leave out organized leisure activities Don’t study during holidays Get your own desk and PC for studies to avoid conflicts Agree with your family on your weekly schedule Have your employer on the team Be positive. It`s your own choice to study

Focus on Family, Work and Studies

Leave out organized leisure activities

Don’t study during holidays

Get your own desk and PC for studies to avoid conflicts

Agree with your family on your weekly schedule

Have your employer on the team

Be positive. It`s your own choice to study

Self paced courses and individual progress planning Find out when the exam-dates are Plan the assignment units regularly towards the exam-dates Get an overview of the amount of work in each subject Give yourself a good start of the semester. Get ahead of schedule Never skip an exam Use a computer. Minimize the paperwork

Find out when the exam-dates are

Plan the assignment units regularly towards the exam-dates

Get an overview of the amount of work in each subject

Give yourself a good start of the semester. Get ahead of schedule

Never skip an exam

Use a computer. Minimize the paperwork

NKI's student catalogue as a networking tool Make a personal presentation Use the discussion forums to communicate with teachers and other students Find learning partners through the system Have your own workbook on the website Share your workbook with your learning partners

Make a personal presentation

Use the discussion forums to communicate with teachers and other students

Find learning partners through the system

Have your own workbook on the website

Share your workbook with your learning partners