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Top 10 New Years Resolutions for Online Learners

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Happy New Years Eve! Tonight I'm going to live large. But, starting tomorrow, I'm going to get serious about meeting my professional goals. (Sure, I might have said that last year. But, this time I'm not kidding…)

If you haven't set your new years resolutions yet, take a look at my list of the top 10 resolutions for online learners over at About.com. Here are the first five:

1. Get organized.

2. Stop procrastinating.

3. Make a home office.

4. Build contacts.

5. Update your resume.

Check out the article for the next five and for details on how to accomplish these worthwhile goals.

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New Years Resolutions and Business Turnaround – 01 January 2007

Online Research Paper Help for Distance Learners – 12 May 2007

Plan Your New Years Budget Goals – 22 December 2007

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The Basics Of A Good Home School Course Program

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Reading, writing and arithmetic form the core studies that compose the basic curriculum for school grades one through 12. This basic curriculum is the same whether public, private and home schooling. The major differences between the three types of schooling are that a public and private school setting is the delivering of education to children in a social setting and facilitated by

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Arts Culinary School In Atlanta

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Atlanta is among the chief areas of United States, wherein numerous arts culinary schools are located. It is an ideal destination for individuals who want to study the culinary art. It is not an astonishing fact anymore that people from all over the world come here to learn the tricks and gain expertise in culinary skills. Schools located in this part of the world offer study programs that vary

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Where to Find an Online Degree Program

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Once you've decided that online learning is the right choice for your lifestyle, it's time to find the perfect (or almost perfect) online degree program. There are so many online colleges available, it can be a challenge to know where to look. One option is to buy or borrow a book that lists virtual programs (Bear's Guides are packed with helpful information).

Another choice is to check out some of the online databases. There are dozens of sites that link to online colleges and provide additional information. DegreeInfo's discussion forum has a useful thread that lists many of the most popular online college databases. Whatever database you use, be sure to maintain some level of skepticism. Many private databases make their money by charging online schools for listings – a positive listing may not be impartial.

A few sites, such as my About.com list of online school profiles, do not accept money for school inclusion. This allows the writer to provide unbiased information.

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Columbia Teachers College to Offer Online Master's Degree – 13 July 2007

Find the Cheapest Online Degree in Any Subject – 20 July 2007

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Viral Videos and Virtual Learning

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

I admit it: I spend far too much time browsing through silly videos on YouTube. Luckily, my habit doesn't have to waste time. Susan Smith Nash recently published a video blog that shows how viral videos can be used in e-learning. Here's a blurb from her accompanying post:

“You're probably familiar with some of the most widely disseminated viral videos — Chris Crocker, Diet Coke and Mentos, Apartment Guy, … all » “Don't Taze Me!” — the list goes on and on. Viral videos become a part of the social “conversation” and as such, they interplay with current events, news, and the types of mythos that make it into the collective unconscious…

E-learning that incorporates the file sharing, networking, and communication of Web 2.0 can use viral videos to great advantage. This video, guided by Susan Smith Nash, explores some ways to accomplish this.”

Check out the video to learn more.

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10 Essential Things to Boost Viral Marketing – 11 November 2006

Dirty Tricks of Viral Videos – 23 November 2007

Using Viral Videos for Online Dating – 02 January 2008

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Videoconferencing Spanish Courses

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Videoconferencing is becoming a popular way to teach languages. A Daily Sun article describes how this technology works in a class for children:

“Holding a little stuffed snowman with a red nose and scarf, elementary Spanish teacher Xil Castreje sits behind a desk at the head of his classroom and waves goodbye to his students for the day.

Through the speakers on his desk comes the chorus of goodbyes from his class, while their waves can be seen both on the monitor on his desk and across the room, projected on the wall.

With class now over, Castreje works the laptop in front of him, shutting down the cameras on himself and the class located in another community.”

Some subjects, such as language learning, require human interaction. Most students aren't able to learn another language by reading books or interacting on message boards. Fortunately, new technologies such as videoconferencing can help online learning work for almost all subjects.

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The Spanish Language Needs Our Help – 13 April 2007

Learn Spanish Online For Free And Have Fun – 11 August 2007

Online Learning Convenient Alternative to Traditional Lecture Courses – 14 October 2007

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Maintain Your Privacy Online

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

We've all heard the stories: students getting expelled for Facebook photos, interviewees being rejected because of information on their personal blogs. As an online student, maintaining internet privacy is essential. To help with the quest to secure information, Google recently published a series of videos on maintaining internet privacy. Here's a blurb from the Google Blog:

“These videos feature Googlers sharing privacy tips, like how to use Google Chat's “Off the Record” feature, how to limit the number of people who can view your Picasa photos, how to unlist your phone number from Google search results, and how to make the details of your Google Calendar entries private.

Just as we're dedicated to innovation when it comes to making better, more useful products, we're also committed to finding new ways to educate you about how to control what information you share when using our products, and with whom.”

As we enter a new year, I'm going to take the time to double-check and make sure my personal information is secure. Better safe than sorry!

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eBay and Google: Kiss and Makeup – 28 June 2007

No Such Thing as Privacy Online – 30 July 2007

Can Being an Online Student Make You a Better Parent? – 31 August 2007

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Blended Nursing Doctorate Program

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007

Beginning in fall 2008, the University of Southern Indiana will begin teaching students in its new Doctor of Nursing Practice program. The blended program will combine online learning with on-campus coursework. A Courier Press article describes the doctorate:

“The College of Nursing and Health Professions proposed the nursing degree as the first doctoral program to be offered at USI. The program would serve Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) graduates who are currently practicing as nurse educators, nurse practitioners, or nurse administrators. The DNP is an alternative to research-focused doctorates in nursing and is comparable to practice doctorates in pharmacy and physical therapy.”

Medical degrees (particularly at the doctorate level) are practically impossible to do effectively via online learning alone. Blended programs such as this provide students with the best of both worlds (real-life practice and flexible independent study).

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Immersive Education Showcased at Harvard

Monday, December 24th, 2007

This month Harvard held a conference devoted to immersive education – learning in virtual “worlds” such as Second Life. The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that demonstrations included “face-to-face” classroom interaction using life-like avatars and course field trips to ancient worlds. Here's a blurb:

“Immersive Education [is a] multimillion-dollar project to build virtual-reality software exclusively for education within commercial and nonprofit fantasy spaces like Second Life. The project combines interactive three-dimensional graphics, Web cameras, Internet-based telephony, and other digital media.

At the meeting, Aaron E. Walsh, founder of the nonprofit endeavor and an instructor at Boston College, and two other researchers showed a gathering of about 40 people how virtual spaces can do more than entertain.

Their goal is to build three-dimensional, interactive lessons that will grab students' attention in the same way that popular computer games like World of Warcraft do – but without the violence and titillation associated with many online games.”

Immersive education may be a positive experience for people who enjoy the virtual realm. As one who gets bored after the first five minutes in a video game or virtual world, give me a website or book any day.

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How to Design a Questionnaire?

Monday, December 24th, 2007

HOW TO DESIGN QUESTIONNAIRE? BY PROF.M.S.RAO, ACADEMIC GUIDE, ICFAI UNIVERSITY, INDIA When my Research Guide Dr.D.M.Khandare asked me to prepare a questionnaire for my PhD work I got bit nervous and confused for some time. I read number of questionnaires in my life but designing the same related to my PhD topic created jitters in my mind. I further requested him to teach me the

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