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Is Online Schooling Right For You?

May 16, 2012
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Online learning programs are becoming increasingly popular largely due to the increased accessibility of this method of education. Benefits of Online Schooling Programs Also known as distance learning, online schooling has a number of benefits. These include: Convenience and Access for Students in Rural Areas – Students can complete the class anywhere they have access [...]

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Top 10 Benefits of E-Learning Adoption for Schools

May 11, 2012
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While many schools have begun adopting more online learning programs and are offering a wider range of online courses and tools, there are many out there still wary about the implications of online education.  Schools like South University are offering both physical, in-class learning options as well as E-learning options that open the doors for a much [...]

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3 Ways to Supplement an Online Education

April 14, 2012
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The online education route is becoming an increasingly popular way for students to obtain degrees and educations in a number of fields. There is no doubt that it affords numerous great benefits including levels of schedule flexibility, personal freedom, and personal comfort that many physical institutions just can’t offer. But there are some additional things that [...]

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Latest e-Learning Tool: Robot Teachers

April 2, 2012

Probably this seems to be on the mind of researchers in South Korea. They have been putting in serious effort to get robots accompany human teachers in classrooms. Sometimes, robots may serve the primary teacher, and even the stand alone ones without human guidance! During the second decade, robots may be replacing many English-speaking teachers [...]

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Stay Productive in Your Online Classes

March 9, 2012

Completing online classes, you work on and submit your assignments in your own time and in your own way. For most students, that flexibility represents the principal advantage of online study. It can, however, degenerate into the class’s greatest threat, because it allows for lots of avoidance and procrastination. You know that big assignments buried [...]

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The Future is Open Courseware: Three Institutions Offering Online Learning Opportunities

February 2, 2012

As society becomes increasingly more tech savvy, more and more of the foundations of our lives are turning to the web. Our professional lives have been conduced online and plugged in for several years now and, with the advent of social media and social networking, so too are our personal and social lives. The latest [...]

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Infographic: Reanimate Your Used Textbooks

January 31, 2012

So, you have finished your degree, and you have a lot of textbooks that you don’t want anymore? Maybe you should take a look at Sell Back Your Book. They have a wonderful service. The only thing you will need is the ISBN codes of the books that you want to sell. On the other [...]

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5 Reasons Why Educators and Students Need to Use Google+

January 18, 2012
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Since its inception, tech experts have raved about Google+, the social media platform that some predict has the goods to take down leading social networking site Facebook. Although Facebook still reigns supreme and Google+ is still  in the midst of growing momentum,  the rookie social media site is still a strong contender in changing the [...]

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