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Online learning tips & news
Tag Archives: online studentsTheDarkThing/Flickr Last week Jonathan Haber, an ed blogger, decided to spend the rest of this year taking MOOCs that correspond to the college courses required to earn a traditional bachelor’s degree in philosophy. Go, Jonathan. Three cheers for low-cost online … Continue reading
Posted in Educational Technology
Tagged educational technology, moocs, online learning tools, online students
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Editor’s Note: 2011 saw the launch of America’s first gay online high school. In this blog entry, Kim Fountain, PhD., a cultural anthropologist and Executive Director of the RU12 Community Center in Vermont, reviews the history of education for LGBTQ … Continue reading
Posted in Online Learning
Tagged K-12 online learning, online high schools, online students
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.A.A./Flickr Earning a high school diploma through distance learning used to be a low prestige undertaking. Not any more. These days America’s top universities — think Stanford and Indiana University — are in a race to build the best … Continue reading Glamhag/Wikimedia Commons Sometimes the glass slipper just doesn’t fit as well as you’d hoped. You’ve been accepted into an online masters degree program. Congratulations! But what if you start taking courses, only to discover your chosen online school isn’t … Continue reading An article in the Chronicle of Higher Education about students cheating in those free online classes called MOOCs ignited a fireball of blogging last week about how online learning will, once again, be the ruination of all higher education. Hariadhi/Wikimedia … Continue reading “I was billed $1,170 for a course in which I have completely taught myself.” — Disgruntled Online Student Online learning degrees are all the rage – even the Ivy League schools are offering them – but do they … Continue reading I woke up my new iPad last week and several top online music schools and colleges flicked across my lap as I munched on a breakfast bagel. And by top, I mean like Juilliard. The Juilliard School, prima ballerina … Continue reading
Posted in Top Online Colleges
Tagged career focus, choosing a school, online students, top online programs
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Editor’s Note: When life takes a nasty turn, and interrupts your college plans, consult this piece from David, our wise student blogger, to learn the secrets for withdrawing from college with a full refund and a healthy GPA. … Continue reading
Posted in Going Back To School
Tagged military, non-traditional students, online student success, online students
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An online degree in 18 months is an appealing pitch for working adults, but not a good idea. Dropping a class and having a plan of study is key, writes Handlos. Continue reading Back in 2002, when Chris Olson was starting his online masters program at Dakota State University, the assistive technology software that was out there left much to be desired. Christopher Olsen, Assistive Technology Pioneer “It was tough, really tough,” recalls … Continue reading
Posted in Educational Technology
Tagged disabled students, educational technology, online students
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Editor’s Note: Online classes often require group projects to complete mid-terms or weekly assignments. Online group learning can make adult students feel uneasy – especially if it means being judged or graded on group projects. In person group projects are … Continue reading Online academic dishonesty and plagiarism, both forms of cheating in online classes, are actually very easy to identify says this online college dean drawing on his own experience in both traditional liberal arts colleges and his work in distance education Continue reading
Posted in Online Classes
Tagged cheating, online education quality concerns, online faculty, online students
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