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Avoiding Procrastination
Procrastination. It is the curse of students everywhere, whether online or not. It haunts you for the rest of your life. It takes control of your inner being and transforms you into a creature that you would rather not be. OK….it’s October and I’ve already eaten too much candy corn. But seriously, procrastination can make [...]ShareThis 
What is a Blog?
I am an Elementary School teacher. I have worked with all different grade levels. We have covered the water cycle, the food chain, and the rock cycle. We talk about how kindness begets kindness. “What goes around comes around.” Life, it seems, operates in a circular pattern. A good blog, in my experience, should operate [...]ShareThis 
Online Degrees vs. Traditional Degrees: No Significant Difference
Study after study has consistently come to the same conclusion that there is no significant difference in outcomes between learning in a traditional classroom and learning online. (However, there are some who raise valid points about how we ask the question, but they address technology and the role it plays, not the outcomes.)
As shocking as [...]ShareThis 
Online Education is Making the Grade with Employers
Online degrees are no longer causing red flags on resumes for employers. In fact, many attributes of the online learner are what employers seek. They want lifelong learners, self-motivated workers, and critical thinkers—all of which apply to online learners.
In a new, free white paper titled “Online Degrees Make the Grade: Employer Acceptance Now Common“, researcher [...]ShareThis 
Isolation
Even in traditional settings, the majority of your time is spent outside the classroom or lab. The difference is that on campus all you have to do is look around you to find other students, distance learners have to connect to the Internet. But is the ‘isolation’ all students experience at one time or another [...]ShareThis 
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