Distance education has become a more viable option, and this portal is about the technologies and policies that shape distance learning programs and make off site training and education possible.
How to Get Into Graduate School: The Basics
Congratulations, you’ve made it through the first part of your higher education by completing your undergraduate degree! The time has come for you to decide what the next step in your life will be. Will you choose to begin a career, take a little time off, or return to school in pursuit of an advanced graduate degree? If the answer is the latter, it’s time to get into graduate school.
Most undergraduate students prepare for graduate school while... Read Full Story
We live in a world where information is readily available, and people looking for information want to have it right now. Technology has continued on a vertical upward ramp over the past hundred years without signs of slowing down. The technology juggernaut translates into education and higher learning for students not only in the United States of America, but also globally with the introduction of distance learning degree programs. While the popularity and overall trust of taking college... Read Full Story
I don’t want this to be solely on physical sports and activities so today’s one is a quiet one you can do at home. In fact you can do it anywhere, which is kind of the point.
Distance learning.
I’m a big fan of lifelong learning in any form. I think everyone has the capacity to learn something new if they put the work into it. I also think it can be incredibly rewarding in a lot of ways. It can further your career, it can make you more confident and it can open entirely new doors for you... Read Full Story
Promoting Academic Integrity in Online Distance Learning Courses, Robert T. Kitahara and Frederick Westfall, Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT), Vol. 3, No. 3, September 2007. Abstract: In committing to provide a quality education using online Distance Learning (DL) as the delivery mechanism, a university must face new challenges to ensuring academic integrity in the behavior of its students. In addition to the predictable challenges associated with the online format of DL... Read Full Story
Stevens professor wins Online Learning Best Practices Award. ‘In what is billed as the world’s most prestigious distance-learning prize, the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) honored Stevens Institute of Technology’s Professor Steven R. Savitz for his work in the school’s e-learning unit, WebCampus.
Savitz, who directs WebCampus‘ graduate Technology Management Program, teaches online and mentors new online instructors. A champion of web conferencing as a key pedagogical... Read Full Story
