Nursing
Learner Responsibilities
Because of the nature of online learning, your commitment is needed to ensure your overall success. Responsibilities of students in the MSUM RN-B track include:
* active participation from start (online orientation) through Nurs 475L, the capstone course
* commitment to group-based learning, as arranged in any given course
* active involvement at least 5 hours per week in reading, individual and group discussions, assignments, and application exercises for each nursing course being taken
* participate online a minimum of 2 times per week or as required (this means posting to the discussion board)
* treat other learners in the course respectfully
* maintain the privacy of other MSUM nursing learners, including privacy of comments made in the course of electronic conversation that is to be shared only with the nursing group
* abide by Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) rules which find academic information is confidential and forbids disclosure of academic information without the participant's consent
* Operate within the Policies of MSUM Information Technology Resources https://www.mnstate.edu/it/policy/ and MSUM Internet and E-mail Usage Guidelines http://www.mnstate.edu/bring/101/usage_guidelines.htm
* tolerate potential problems in using Internet technologies, which may experience connection or server problems
* be proactive:
- contact the course instructor with any questions (contact information is on the front top of each nursing course syllabus
- contact technology support if you are having problems with Desire2Learn (D2L)
- notify the course instructor, as far in advance as possible of any time exceeding 5 days in which participation will not be possible during a course