Journal of Distance Education/ Revue de l’enseignement à distance Spring/Printemps 1999 Vol. 14‚ No. 1‚ 102-114 What’s the Difference: A Review of Contemporary Research on the Effectiveness of Distance Learning in Higher Education Ronald Phipps and Jamie Merisotis American Federation of Teachers‚ National Education Association‚ 1999‚ 48 pages Available online at http://www.ihep.com/difference.pdf Mark Bullen With the increasing popularity of web-based instruction‚ it seems there has been an explosion
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* 12 Things Happy People Do Differently “I’d always believed that a life of quality‚ enjoyment‚ and wisdom were my human birthright and would be automatically bestowed upon me as time passed. I never suspected that I would have to learn how to live - that there were specific disciplines and ways of seeing the world I had to master before I could awaken to a simple‚ happy‚ uncomplicated life.” -Dan Millman (author of The Way of the Peaceful Warrior) Happiness and science. Did you know that
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‘Entrepreneurs behave and think differently to conventional managers in larger businesses’. Critically evaluate the statement using relevant models/ theories and case examples to support your argument. Introduction There are a vast amount of theorists that try and define an ‘Entrepreneur’; however there is still no clear definition today of what an Entrepreneur possesses that others do not. There is a predisposition to attribute successful entrepreneurs to a person’s characteristics rather than
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21 Ways Rich People Think Differently World’s richest woman Gina Rinehart is enduring a media firestorm over an article in which she takes the "jealous" middle class to task for "drinking‚ or smoking and socializing" rather than working to earn their own fortune. What if she has a point? Steve Siebold‚ author of "How Rich People Think‚" spent nearly three decades interviewing millionaires around the world to find out what separates them from everyone else. It had little to do with
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“A picture can tell a thousand words.” Good morning HSC standard English students‚ it is a honor to be invited to speak to you about some texts you have been studying for your upcoming higher school certificate exam. Distinctively visual texts portray powerful messages through the clever use of language features in order to create visual imagery in our minds. Now let’s begin.. I ask you all to close your eyes and think of a time you have experienced adversity... Henry Lawson‚ Edward Hopper
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Canada and China have two different education system in high school‚ Canadian high school focus on students’ daily performance and group works‚ but Chinese high school is more focused on the students’ academic performance. Although China and Canada have this great cultural difference‚ but because of this they can learn from each other‚ and both become a diversified country. Firstly‚
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Education and The American Dream The American Dream was defined by James Truslow Adams in 1931 as‚ "Life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone‚ with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement"(Clark). Today‚ a college degree‚ owning your own home and achieving more success than the generation prior has become synonymous with the American Dream‚ with most believing it is an attainable goal for anyone who puts in the effort. Barack Obama has recently fueled this belief
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My educational plans are to attend a good university which will help me accomplish my other goals. I hope to become a high school math teacher and hope to bring changes in the society that we live in today. To help me accomplish these goals‚ I think I have academic potentials that can be put to great use if I studied further more. To begin with‚ coming from a foreign country and having to struggle with school due to language/ culture barriers has helped me decide my career goals. When I first
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Gerard Paul G. Lupango Boren Compound Grand heights Subdivision Barangay San Roque Antipolo City Mobile no: 09309332347 Email: gerardpaull@yahoo.com [pic] OBJECTIVE: • To be able to be hired in a company where I could be an agent in the attainment of their goals through the skills and values that I posses and at the same time‚ meet my goals such as self improvement‚ stability‚ and career growth. [pic] PERSONAL BACKGROUND: Date of Birth : May 25‚ 1991 Age : 22 years
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If someone told me that teachers know everything‚ I would have agreed without any argument until now. After reading and watching this weeks presentation on survival skills‚ I realized there is a lot more to learn in our first year than expected. We may possess the knowledge and basic teaching skills‚ but what we lack are key components to our own survival. In the following paragraphs‚ I will discuss the most important skills in my opinion‚ starting with organization‚ classroom management and behavior
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