Online learning may have brought us a step closer to education of the future but according to career counsellor and educational consultant Marc Scheer (2010)‚ our society still has reservations about the credibility and effectiveness of online degrees. Indeed‚ we have reason to doubt the feasibility of online degrees because if we were to replace the experience of campus-based teaching curriculum with completely virtual ones‚ the quality of the learning experience will be severely compromised. Society
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Strategies to Meet the Learning Needs of Today ’s Online Learners (Name) (Tutor’s Name) (Date) Three Strategies to Meet the Learning Needs of Today ’s Online Learners Introduction Although electronic learning has become one of the very valuable instructional tools across the globe‚ many institutions are still unsure if e-learning could be an effective platform to deliver quality training to their candidates. Undoubtedly‚ the effectiveness of e-learning mainly lies with
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ONLINE GAMES AND THE LEARNING BEHAVIORS OF PUPILS IN NASAELEMENTARY SCHOOL A Thesis Proposal Presented to College of Education Mindanao State University General Santos City In Partial Fulfilment Of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Elementary Education by: SUNSHINE L. MAHILUM TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE APPROVAL SHEET ACKNOWLEGEMENT LIST OF TABLE CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM Introduction Statement of the Problem
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purpose of this essay is to introduce just two of these theorists and to compare their theories in relation to the learning process. It is also important to consider how this has affected education todayand whether aspects of the theories have been adopted in modern schools. When studying the theories behind learning and development‚ it is appropriate to initially identify the biological way humans store information. Learning begins with perception of the information provided‚ based on personal
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Online Distant learning is Not Beneficial to Learners Online distant learning programs help make the easy connection of students in a program connect to the more accessible home environment in a simple way. Students are now given the option of getting their education and making their own schedules‚ without going through a second person in an easy more efficient way. Consequently‚ to succeed in online courses and programs the student must have good time management‚ a computer or laptop‚ and internet
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Online Learning: A Student Perspective Abstract The background of students in higher education is changing from the traditional middle class school-leaver to a complex mix of age‚ race‚ gender‚ ethnicity‚ socio-economics‚ and experience. With this complexity of student needs‚ abilities‚ experience and expectations comes challenges for academic staff and administration as well as for students which already had great impacts on student performance. Negotiating the steep learning curve for those
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Online Learning and the Adult Learner Cassandra Jones Foundations of Online Learning American Public University System Amy Peterson Online Learning and the Adult Learner Being an online learner as an adult is harder in my opinion than being in a physical classroom. The learning styles one must have implemented prior to a start date can cause conflict with schedules or a more relaxed environment where as a more structural environment where lessons‚ assignments‚ quizzes‚ exams‚ and test are
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Learning in Classrooms versus Online There has long been an argument of whether learning is better in a classroom or online. Not many people like going to school in general‚ but it is something that anyone wanting to be successful in life should do. Taking classes online can be beneficial to some because it lets them work from home‚ but it will take away from their overall learning experience. Many people‚ though‚ enjoy being able to go to a school and be in a classrooms because it allows them
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technology‚ such as online learning can greatly benefit students’ education‚ by offering classes they could not normally have access to. According to the Federal Communications Commission‚ 97 percent of schools across the country had Internet connectivity as of 2010. By utilizing this schools can offer students opportunities that they could not normally offer. According to United State’s Department of Education‚ 48 states (and the District of Columbia) currently support online learning opportunities that
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The Power of Online Learning and The MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) In the past decade‚ the changes and improvements that technology has brought us have been enormous. The rapid pace with which we are adapting ourselves to use these capabilities is unprecedented. Technology has revolutionized many industries‚ but some areas still have not been fully changed. Education is an area that holds a huge potential for improvement with the correct implementations of technology. One of the most rapidly
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