
It’s not enough that students are paying to do the online course, but after some time, they are in fact running out of self-control. Dr David Glance from the University of Western Australia’s Centre for Software Practice ran a study into drop out rates in MOOCs classes (Massive Open Online Classes) which are free and open to anyone. In the article he compares doing a course online to going to the gym, or going on a diet. At first they sound like great ideas, but they always end up dropping out due to how easy it is to quit.
Whether it’s a marketing strategy report to be handed in on your boss’s desk by the end of the week, or whether it’s watching the re-runs of Game of Thrones before the new season begins, setting and reaching deadlines is a part of how we structure our day to day lives.
Because a lot of us live from deadline to deadline, this makes reaching those finish lines all the more crucial. After all, how can you start a new race if you are yet to finish the last one?
Here are some tips that you can hopefully take on board, to assist you in hitting your deadlines.
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