As I look back on the past few weeks‚ I still stand firm on how I look at online learning in retrospect to traditional classrooms. If anyone was to ask me about the quality of online education at Ashford University‚ I would have to commend those who took the time to construct Ashford’s online curriculum and praise how caring and thoughtful all the instructors are. When I first started my online experience here at Ashford University‚ I actually had reservations towards the instructor and my fellow
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Student Survival Guide GEN/105 LaShawnda Blaimayer August 30‚ 2010 Being a full time student and parent‚ working 32 to 36 hours weekly has definitely been time consuming. I am more than thankful that going back to school can be as fun as it has been in this class. Gen/105 has provided every step to become successful in your career of choice. Although this guide is about survival; it’s completely up to you and your efforts. The University of Phoenix and Axial College have provided the tools
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Guide A survival guide is necessary for distance learning at University of Phoenix. A survival Guide has several ingredients that can result in a successful academic career. The survival guide include using Axia’s educational resources‚ upholding academic honestly‚ setting and achieving goals‚ managing time wisely‚ fostering reading comprehension and retention‚ and applying personality and learning styles. Using Axia’s Educational Resources Distance learning requires a significant level of
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NAME Gen 105 Student Survival Guide Using Axia’s Educational Resources First‚ print the Course Syllabus and Calendar to review before class begins. On your computer‚ create a folder for each class under My Documents. Create sub-folders by weeks‚ or one sub-folder for materials and one for assignments you completed for the class. Under the Classroom tab‚ find Materials for each week of class. Each week‚ download all files on your computer under the folders created. Backup your files in a portable
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Personal Responsibility GEN/200 26 July‚ 2013 Personal Responsibility Heading back to school after all these years‚ I found myself reflecting on the many attempts through the years to finally finish a degree. Day Personal responsibility is an essential element in every aspect of one’s life. What exactly does personal responsibility mean; the answer is most likely different for everyone. Chuck Gallozzi may have summed it up best when he stated‚ “Responsibility
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Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education-TOJDE January 2006 ISSN 1302-6488 Volume: 7 Number: 1 Article: 2 Problems and Prospects of Open and Distance Education in Nigeria Mudasiru Olalere YUSUF (Ph.D) Senior lecturer (Educational Technology) Department of Curriculum Studies and Educational Technology‚ Faculty of Education University of Ilorin‚ Ilorin NIGERIA ABSTRACT Distance education as a mean of providing access to education‚ particularly tertiary level education‚ has gained great prominence
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CheckPoint: Reading and Comprehension Due day 4 week 7 Jessica Straight Summary main points from the reading: - do the unexpected - look for sources on educational web sites‚ do interviews or ask the business press - do not mention interesting information in PowerPoint slides‚ only key points - Practice speech with body language before the presentation and look for own ticks - do not make any jokes - use powerful props - make the audience to the main character and solve problems with
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THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A HIGHER EDUCATION OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR DECISION MAKERS IN KENYA By Magdallen N. J (PhD) African Virtual University (HQ) P. O. Box xxxxxxxxx Nairobi - Kenya Tel: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fax: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Presented to United Nations Educational Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Introduction…………………………………………………………..………………3 Study
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The development of distance education has resulted from so-called push and pull factors: the technological advances created user demand‚ while extensive usage of technologies led to further development in technology. (Lewis et al‚ 1999). One can distinguish between four generations of distance education technologies. The timeframe of the first generation is from 1850s to1960 and the technologies employed are print (correspondence classes)‚ radio and instructional television. The second generation
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experienced modification since its independence. There was a huge development in Indian education. Various courses such as distance learning courses‚ online courses and non formal education system developed in the country. However‚ there is an immense difference in the Distant Education in India and online education in the country. Though‚ all online degree programmes can be termed as distance learning courses‚ yet distance-learning courses cannot be identified as online courses. The difference lies because
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