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Strategies for Online Students
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Debate crops up more often that you might expect in college classes. Your instructors and your classmates won’t always agree with your views. Learning how to discuss and debate sensitive topics may be a very useful skill. - Recent Posts
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As learners, we are all wired differently. The way we learn is a product of our genetics, our personalities, and our earliest learning experiences. By the time we are adults, we process information in very unique ways.
This quiz might help you identify your learning style and your...
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Education plays a large role in your personal and professional life. In a recent survey, 86 percent of those polled agreed that college is important for “personal development” and 88 percent believed that college provides “important intellectual benefits, like critical thinking and new...
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Everyone starts a new program with the best intentions — learning new things, another class completed towards your degree — but sometimes life puts up a roadblock and you take a little detour.
You may have misjudged the time you had available to take your online courses or you found that...
How Online Learning Works
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What are MOOCs?
MOOCs are free online learning courses that are available to thousands of students at a time. For example, a recent MOOC offering, “Think Again: How to Reason and Argue”, co-taught by two professors from Duke and University of North Carolina saw an unprecedented 180,000...
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If you’re researching college options and exploring online degree programs, then you already know that college is important. Nearly two-thirds of tomorrow’s jobs will be reserved for college graduates or for trained professionals with credentials beyond a high school diploma.[i] According to...
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What's the best thing about the Internet? Online education, of course! Since its inception, the Net has connected millions of teachers with millions of students from around the world. And even though we often think about education in terms of earning degrees and getting better jobs, learning for...
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People are communal learners, which explains why classmates and study groups provide such great learning supports. As an online student, you can lean on your cohorts to stay motivated, to feel more involved, and to relieve feelings of frustration.
So what is a cohort? In a college setting...
How Online Education Works
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For students who have never taken an online course before, the concept can be somewhat foreign. Three online instructors and an online student explain the makeup of an online course, the major expectations for these courses, and the qualities online students should have to succeed.
Major...
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Long nights in the library are a thing of the past.
Thanks to the Internet, you can access virtual libraries – from your own school's offerings to catalogs from around the world. Locating scholarly sources for term papers and case studies has never been so convenient.
Our list of...
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Before you dive into this Guide and all things related to online education, you might still be wondering about the benefits of online education. Why should you study online? What's the advantage? And what's all the fuss? It's hard to separate fact from fiction when it comes to online degrees —...
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It’s completely normal to experience some form of anxiety prior to a test or exam. However, anxiety becomes problematic if it gets to a point where it begins to negatively affect your performance. In case you find yourself getting caught in a test-related worry-spiral, we’ve prepared some...
How to Plan for College
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Going back to school is a big decision. It's worth taking time to learn more about different degree programs and different online colleges. Unfortunately, we can't pick a school for you, but we can help you figure out what questions to ask.
Listed below are some important, must-ask...
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Know your long-term goals before considering a degree program Think about how this may impact parts of your life (family, money, time) Do something you love Is College What I Really Need?So you're finally doing it — you've decided to go back to school to finish that degree, or even...
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Determine what questions you have about going back to school Give yourself time to figure out what you need to know There are free resources available to you to help along the way That's right: there are basically only eight things that you need to do before you're ready to go... -
Consider the equipment needs for your online courses sooner rather than later You don't have to spend a fortune on a desktop or notebook computer that will work for you When possible, exceed the minimum requirements specified by your school When looking for a new computer,...
Online Learning
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You know that you want to go to college, but you can’t figure out how to get started. Are you a good candidate for an online degree? Which online colleges are worthwhile? How much will college cost?
How to Plan for College (the step-by-step map below) is designed to help you answer...
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The right instruments can make a good job better. This section guides you to sites with reliable searching, reference, or academic sources for general knowledge and class. If two heads are better than one, then a dozen libraries must be something great.
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