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Online Classes Offer Balance

  Online classes offer a variety of advantages for working adults who have enough on their plate without adding the stress of finding time for an education.  Probably the hardest part of attending a traditional university, for me, was finding time to fit it into...

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Advantages of Peer Interaction in Online Learning

One of the most important ways students learn in online courses is through peer-to-peer interaction.  In my experience with traditional classrooms, there were far more lectures and much student involvement.  The professors spoke “at us” in traditional courses. In...

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What to Expect in Online Doctorate Degree Courses

As a doctoral chair, it is my responsibility to help guide students through their doctoral dissertation process.  In order to receive a doctorate through online courses, there is a series of courses that students take prior to the time they begin writing the proposal...

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Adjunct Advantages: The Future of Education

  Professors who work on a contracted, part-time basis are referred to as adjuncts.  There are advantages for universities that hire adjuncts rather than tenured faculty. However, many adjunct professors do not like this option.  Some refer to the way things have...

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How Employers View an Online Education

In the book The Online Student's User Manual, I wrote quite a bit about online universities, their perception by employers and how they compare to traditional universities. Check out the following article from elearners.com that gives some interesting statistics about...

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How Are Online Degrees Perceived?

I often get into Linkedin group discussions about the pros and cons of online learning.  I address it in depth in my book, The Online Student’s User Manual.  I thought eLearners.com had a pretty good article about the acceptance of online degrees.  To read the entire...

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Top 10 Free Online Courses

Teaching Online Courses - Top 10 Free Courses  from GetEducated.com via Teaching Online Courses - Top 10 Free Courses | GetEducated.com. Check out this article to find some great resources for online instructors including sites to teach best practices, developing...

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Associate Professor Writes Book for Online Students

Story by Trevor Green - UAT.edu Advances in computer technology have made education available to students far removed from a traditional classroom, with universities of all sizes instructing learners digitally - never physically interacting with their teachers. For...

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