An important part of online leaning happens while discussing topics and issues. Online learners are required to actively participate in these discussions. If you are comfortable with discussing topics and issues online, then you have one of the required characteristics to be a successful online learner. Many learners have significant time commitments both inside and outside of a course. If your schedule is like this, an online course gives you additional flexibility you may need to fit a course into your schedule.
Online courses require learners to read much of the course material from a computer monitor.
In some cases, courses use chat rooms where you need to type relatively quickly in order to participate. For these reasons, the faster you can type, the better. In order to participate in a web course, your computer's Web or Internet browser must meet certain minimum requirements. Use the browser analyzer application to check and see if your browser meets the requirements. If you have the correct version of Internet Explorer installed, then you should have minimal browser problems.