Growth * There has been a significant increase from 1250 billion tonne kilometres to 1724 tonne kilometres in the distance of trips travelled through the use of transport in the decade 1995 to 2005. This has been the case as vehicles such as cars have become more affordable and convenient to use in terms of their mobility. * In total around 159.08 billion Euros were spent by UK households on transport in 2005 * 51% of total expenditure in 2005 was on transport. There has been a prediction
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Study skills for distance learner Introduction In this modern era of technology world‚ traditionally education study at the college and university is progressively complemented or even replaced by new technologies called distance learning. In the past decades‚ distance learning offerings have flourished across the nation. Institution such as Open University Malaysia (OUM) has made earning a degree more feasible for the many people across the country who has families and job in addition to
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Work meaning a job where money is made selling drugs to whoever chooses to buy their products. It is hard to differentiate which is worse‚ the causes or effects of selling drugs. The causes of selling drugs are the desperate need for money in most cases. They think they can get rich overnight and that will solve their problems. Most of the "ghetto" drug dealers happen to grow up in that type environment all their life and they tend to pick it up. Selling is believed by the drug dealers as the easiest
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Procedural Recount Aim To analyze the effect of paper thickness on the distance covered by a paper plane. Hypothesis The thinner the paper the further the paper plane would glide so it would cover a larger distance. This is because of the smaller gravity force acting on the paper plane made out of the thinner paper‚ since the mass of this plane is smaller. Apparatus Tape measurer Blue tack 6 sheets of different types of paper (office paper‚ paper towel‚ cardboard of different thickness
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Selling Organs on the Black Market Every teenager wants to own the newest iPhone or iPad but to save up for those working at the local McDonald’s it would take some time. But in China‚ you can get it just by selling a kidney. In face according to a BBC news article dated April 6‚ 2012 five people were arrested for convincing a teenager to sell his kidney in an online chat room for the equivalent of $3‚000. The teenager is now suffering from kidney failure‚ and just for a couple of new toys
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Learning Skills for Distance Learners: Providing 21st Century Learning Support Sara Al-Oraini Dep. Curricula & Teaching Methods College of Education‚ King Saud University Abstract One of the main goals of open and distance education (ODE) programmes is to ensure that knowledge and skills gained positively affect performance or behavior. Apart from that‚ ODE programmes should also ensure learners extend their existing learning skills into new directions. However‚ it has always been a
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Open distance learning is an idea of education system where separation between teachers and learners by space and/or time according to (Prospectus‚ 2011). The flexible aspect of open distance learning sense that there are no time and location constraints for learners. This means‚ learners can easily access for learning environment. The objective for open distance learning is to provide opportunities for those who could not commit as a full time student or study in traditional manner. Learners
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A Theoretical Framework for Distance Education-Desmond Keegan Keegan suggested that electronically linking students and instructor at various locations creates a virtual classroom. Keegan suggested three questions had to be answered before one could develop a theory. Those three questions are 1.) Is distance education an educational activity? 2.) Is distance education a form of conventional education? 3.) Is distance education possible‚ or is it a contradiction in terms? These 3 questions lend
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DISTANCE LEARNING: DEMOCRATIZATION OF EDUCATION Distance education or distance learning is a field of education that focuses on teaching methods and technology with the aim of delivering teaching‚ often on an individual basis‚ to students who are not physically present in a traditional educational setting such as a classroom. It has been described as "a process to create and provide access to learning when the source of information and the learners are separated by time and distance‚ or both.
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Student Motivation for Learning at a Distance: Does Interaction Matter? Kathleen D. Kelsey‚ Ph.D. Assistant Professor Oklahoma State University 466 Agricultural Hall Stillwater‚ OK 74078 kelseyk@okstate.edu Alan D ’souza‚ Ph.D. Director of Research and Development for TRiO Programs Wichita State University 105 Grace Wilkie Hall Wichita‚ KS 67260-0008 dsouzaalan@yahoo.com Acknowledgement: This research was paid for by the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station through HATCH funds. Abstract The
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