Archive for the ‘ Online Education ’ Category

Top 100 E-Learning Tools (And The Top 25 Free Ones)

Jane Hart over at the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies has compiled some great lists for e-learning tools. The lists are geared more toward educators, but I think a decent majority of the items are relevant for students as well, especially grad students who spend their days walking that line between penniless student and [ READ MORE ]

Online Education A Solid Option For Veterans

There is nothing ignoble or invalid about taking online courses or pursuing an online degree for purely time- and money-saving reasons. However, I would say that slightly more admirable are the motivations of the veterans taking online courses while their bodies and minds do some necessary mending. It seems like it would be great fun [ READ MORE ]

Super Flexible Learning Option

Online learning is already a pretty flexible education option, but now students in Louisiana have an even bendier education alternative via mobile devices. This is a prime example of necessity being the mother of invention: The state of Louisiana has a workforce shortage of 90,000 and the job openings require some education and training. Unfortunately, [ READ MORE ]

Online Colleges

Online colleges have increased in popularity and ease of use over the past decade. A lot of that probably has to do with the convenience factor of online courses—no travel time, no sitting in class, no moving to another city, etc. In addition, the fact that the technology has improved on both ends—the school/instructor end [ READ MORE ]

Virtual Schools

According to this article in the CS Monitor, more and more parents are keeping their kids home and sending them to virtual schools in which the teachers and coursework are accessed online. Any extra supplies are sent by mail to the students’ homes. One mom describes the idea of sending her kid to a virtual [ READ MORE ]

Increase in Adult Education

College enrollment has maintained a generally upward trend for the past several decades. (Being educated has turned out to have been an excellent idea.) In keeping with the increased enrollment trend, the number of adults pursuing education has been on the rise. According to the N.C.E.S., the adult education numbers for Fall 2007 were 6,956,000 [ READ MORE ]

Survival Minus the Spoon

For the first few years of my college career, I was a cocky little sucker who was convinced that tutors were for the less-evolved, slower-thinking students on campus. Since I was “gifted” and had always been told that I was in possession of above average intelligence, I would of course be able to learn all [ READ MORE ]

Self-Directed Student Toolbox: 100 Web Resources for Lifelong Learners

If you haven’t come across the OEDb (Online Education Database) site as of yet, your first perusal should be their awesome article/list: The Self-Directed Student Toolbox: 100 Web Resources for Lifelong Learners. It’s pretty cool considering they had to keep the list at a manageable one hundred. It’s neat and tidy, solid but simple. Plus, [ READ MORE ]

Free Online College Resources: OpenLearn

Open University Makes Educational Resources Available Free Online On Oct. 25th 2006, The Open University in the UK officially launched their open content initiative OpenLearn. Now all knowledge-seekers around the globe can access educational resources for free. They’re trying to get the educational word out to folks living far far away from the university experience, [ READ MORE ]