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As technology evolves at an ever-increasing pace, it is now taking education along for the ride. Those who scoffed at online learning back in the 90s and early 2000s are now embracing the trend; more than embracing it, actually - the naysayers who once scoffed are now becoming the biggest proponents of electronic educational opportunities . DelMarVa Leading the Way The DelMarVa Penninsula (the mid-Atlantic region that encompasses Delaware, Maryland, Washington DC and Northern Virginia) is... Read Full Story

Unfortunately, violence in the workplace is a reality. It can also be a fiscal liability and a disaster in the making if management and human resources do not address it with the appropriate safety training. Many Violent Incidents Can Occur in Any Workplace According to the Society of Human Resource Management Workplace, two-thirds of HR professionals reported some sort of violence at their place of business over a three year span. Those acts of violence included verbal abuse, sexual... Read Full Story

Since this is the last blog entry for 2011, I thought it apropos to wax optimistic for the new year, in the hope that it will bring positive changes to the way we educate and train ourselves to make the most of our short time here on Earth. A Personalized Approach is Key Right now, things are not looking so rosy from an educational perspective in the United States. According to Stanford professor Daphne Koller’s essay , published earlier this month in the New York Times , the U.S... Read Full Story

You don’t often expect comedy to do anything other than make you laugh. But sometimes, there’s a lesson in laughter, and leave it to comedian Louis C.K. to teach all us LMS geeks a very valuable lesson. Laugh and Listen Stand-up comedy is a solitary endeavor - just the comedian and his or her microphone and a roomful of people who buy tickets, abide by the two drink minimum and expect to be compensated with side-splitting laughter. Louis C.K. has been providing that, and making a darn... Read Full Story

Prospective College Students Need to Watch Their Backs When Utilizing Social Media Colleges and universities are getting hip to the overwhelming percentage of prospective students who use social media as their most common form of communication. The rising trend among admissions offices is to not only consider students based on their applications, SAT scores and extracurricular activities, but on what they post to the most popular social media sites. Let’s face it: many of us have been... Read Full Story

OK, I’d be lying if I said I never “cheated” in some capacity, but honestly, never in school. Education is too important, and these days, too hard to  come by with exorbitant tuition costs and shrinking government funding. Even so, I’m not at all surprised that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently uncovered some dubious activity at some of the most popular online and bricks-and-mortar for-profit schools. It’s Just Me and My Computer. Who Cares? Sure, the temptation to tap... Read Full Story

When an organization makes the decision to adopt an LMS platform, it can be a costly endeavor. While the investment is worthwhile, it can come with many unanticipated headaches. In the spirit of starting fresh in the coming year, we’d like to give you a few reasons why you should consider going with an Learning Management System platform from Coggno, as opposed to one of our competitors. Pay close attention, because you’ll be seeing the words “no cost,” “free,” and “complimentary” much more... Read Full Story

We’d be kidding ourselves if we didn’t admit to raising our eyebrows at the notion of home-schooling children. But, what about the idea of an online high school? What if we said that high school was being run by Stanford University? Well, the eyebrows are going up anyway, but the clout carried by the school that regularly produces Nobel laureates and technological wizards isn’t just running any old online high school. Last month, the New York Times reported on Stanford’s new venture , which... Read Full Story

It’s that time of year again; we take time to give thanks for our health, our family, friends and a job that pays the bills. Now that we’re stuffed from Thanksgiving dinner and about to move into the craziness of holiday shopping and the inevitable list of new year’s resolutions, we should also take some time to extend a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T to our fellow colleagues. Workplace Bullying is More Common Than You Think We’ve all had to deal with a co-worker who reminds us of the schoolyard... Read Full Story

Before I sit down to write my weekly blog post, I read countless articles about online learning and training, learning management systems, and why online learning is the key to our future educational success. And you know what? It can get confusing and more than a little overwhelming. If I’m just putting the information out there, imagine how all the prospective students feel! The article that got me thinking was this one , published in the November 4 online edition of The New York Times... Read Full Story