Time Management Skills and Student Performance in Online Courses

As educators, we have the almost daily task of turning students’ goals into the reality of completed degrees. In part, we accomplish this by requiring students to spend time with course content. Students, in turn, must plan and use their time effectively in order to accomplish course goals and objectives. Online courses present special challenges for student engagement and effective time management; thus, effective course design built on an understanding of the nature of time management in an academic setting is essential for faculty designing the courses.