Archive for October, 2008
Online Education is Making the Grade with Employers
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Online degrees are no longer causing red flags on resumes for employers. In fact, many attributes of the online learner are what employers seek. They want lifelong learners, self-motivated workers, and critical thinkers—all of which apply to online learners.
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Isolation
Even in traditional settings, the majority of your time is spent outside the classroom or lab. The difference is that on campus all you have to do is look around you to find other students, distance learners have to connect to the Internet. But is the ‘isolation’ all students experience at one time or another […]
Being a Parent and Student
Being a parent is a difficult job. Being a working parent is even tougher. OK. Let’s throw one more thing into the mix. Being a working parent and student is REALLY tough. Your attention is being pulled in a hundred directions. When your attention is somewhere else, your children will seize the opportunity to test […]
Can Online Education Help Meet Workforce Needs?
An educated and skilled workforce is essential to the long-term prosperity of our country and our citizenry. Evidence indicates, however, that we cannot meet the demands of the 21st century by relying solely upon centuries-old approaches to higher education. New models are needed to expand access, improve quality, and assure accountability in higher education. This […]
Spouse Support with Online Learning
When I mentored undergraduate business students at WGU, one of the questions I would always ask in my very first call with a student is: “Who is in your support system?” I think that a support system may be overlooked as an important part of attending school. You might think, “I’m the one going back […]
