PROVIDING PRACTICAL, HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE FOR

ONLINE STUDENTS

Virginia College Online and LabSim:

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Pitfalls of IT Classes Online

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Benefits

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How Students Adapted to new Learning Environment

The hands-on, practical experience LabSim provides is essential to truly learning the concepts

and ultimately, finding work in the real world. Just ask Karen Hargrove, a student in Virginia

College’s Online MIS program, who has found that her online courses using LabSim have been a

“huge benefit.”“Without LabSim, I do not think that I would have understood the material half as well

as I donow,” Hargrove said. “Working through the online labs in my Cisco class, for example,

was sohelpful, letting me actually put into practice the concepts I was learning with the other

LabSimmaterials. Although I have not graduated yet I will in the near future and I am positive that thesesimulations will give me more practical experience in the workplace.”

“As an instructor in Washington State, I will tell you that LabSIm training has changed the way students are able to learn.”

Recommendations for Hands-on Interaction for Online Classes

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