Amtrak: Long Distance Trains: FY 2008 Long-Distance Train Facts • A long-distance train typically consists of sleepers‚ coaches‚ a diner and/or a lounge car. • Long-distance trains travel as far as 2‚800 miles and pass through as many as 12 states. • Amtrak operates 15 long-distance trains over 18‚500 route miles serving 39 states and the District of Columbia. These trains provide the only rail passenger service to 23 states. • In FY 2008 these trains carried 4.2 million passengers accounting
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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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Regarding to an article by Investopedia‚ the Power-Distance Index (PDI) is an index developed by Dutch sociologist Geert Hofstede that measures the distribution of power and wealth between people in a nation‚ business or culture. The power-distance index seeks to demonstrate the extent to which subordinates or ordinary citizens submit to authority. The power-distance index figure is lower in countries or organizations in which authority figures work closely with those not in authority‚ and is higher
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Why should the Western Countries begin to fear Joseph Stalin’s actions within the year 1945? Looking within the Cold War‚ many people believe and wonder over the origins and the causes of the Cold War and the actions of which preceded it and caused such anger between Truman‚ Churchill and Stalin. It was established before the date of where the Cold War had first started‚ that there was growing conflict between the world leaders of Winston Churchill (Prime Minister of Great Britain} Harry S Truman
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Energy is essential part of this world. Everything in the world runs on energy. It play‚s important part in development of a country. it is considered to be life line of any economy and most vital instrument of socioeconomic development of a country. There are many types of energy in this world which are obtained from different sources‚ But in Pakistan main sources of energy are (fossil fules‚ petroleum products‚ natural gas‚ coal‚ wind‚ nuclear‚ hydro power) Pakistan is
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accessible to everyone through taking courses online. Distance learning takes place when the teacher and student are separated from one another due to their physical location and technology is used to communicate instructions to the student and to communicate feedback to the instructor. The virtual classroom is one of the various forms of technology used as an alternative to the traditional classroom settings. Other tools used to educate from a distance include audio‚ video‚ data‚ and print. Accessibility
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words plus 10%) TASK 1 GOOD ICT SKILLS ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO THE FACILITATION OF A POSITIVE DISTANCE LEARNING EXPERIENCE. PRODUCE A REPORT WHERE YOU; 1. EVALUATE HOW YOU AS A STUDENT AND INDIVIDUAL CAN MAINTAIN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR TUTOR DURING YOUR STUDIES As a student I can maintain effective communication with my tutor by using my ICT skills which allow me to access online distance study. I can access the internet‚ log into the College ‘On Campus’ home page‚ navigate through
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PM) TIPS ON SURVIVING A LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP A long-distance relationship (LDR) is typically an intimate relationship that takes place when the partners are separated by a considerable distance. This doesn’t mean that LDR are for teens only‚ it can also include married couples‚ young professionals or even the relationship between parents and their children especially the overseas workers. There are many ways to sustain a good relationship‚ even though distance may be their barrier. One of
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I think distance can effect relationships in several ways‚ depending on the situation‚ the kind of relationship‚ also how or if the relationship is maintained. Fortunently I haven’t had to part from close relationships often‚ but I can share two examples in which distance had an opposite effect. I grew up in a small town‚ there was only one school that went from kindergarten thru eighth-grade. So with the exception of the occational "new student" the people in my class had known me since I was
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No.1‚ 2012 www.iiste.org Effectiveness of Open and Distance Education and the Relevance of ICT: A North-East Indian Perspective Prasenjit Das‚ Ritimoni Bordoloi* Department of English‚ Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University‚ Guwahati 781006‚ Assam‚ India * E-mail of the corresponding author: ritimonibordoloi@gmail.com Abstract In today’sKnowledge Society‚ it is almost accepted by common agreement that open and distance learning (ODL) has enabled people to develop different levels
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