Future education
We already know that the students are the future of the world, but what is the future for the students? In order to be able to equip them with the…
The future of education is online and the future is now!
We are experiencing a trend of having the traditional education disruption by the emerging online education institutions and online available resources.
65% of college and universities say that online courses are a critical part of their long-term strategy and it is clear that this trend is affecting the main stream population of college and university students as 31% of them are taking at least one course online.
New technology is supporting online education adoption and enabling its spreading and implementation to be very effective.This is why online classes have recorded enrollment of over 6.1 million students in at least one online course.
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How to identify a diploma mill?
At some time in our lives many of us find ourselves looking at furthering our education in order to start a new career or apply for a new job – either in a new area of interest, or to get a higher paying role where we currently work.
Whether you’re interested in working in home remodelling or healthcare, there are courses out there advertised all over the internet that promise Diplomas and all kinds of certificates in exchange for some hard work – and often a lot of money. So it’s vital that the piece of paper we get in the end, after all that study, is the real deal.
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Your life in a suitcase: What to pack to study abroad?
So you’re studying abroad. It could be for a semester, a year, or maybe you splashed out to take your whole course abroad. Either way, it’s worth knowing what you need to bring.
Studying abroad is a great opportunity. There’s something romantic about getting to live out of a suitcase for a while, it’s the closest most of us will get to experiencing the Beat Generation lifestyle, of drifting into new and unfamiliar places with little more than the clothes on your back. The flipside to this is that you need to spend more time picking what you’re going to bring than the average student. Not only can you not pop back across borders and oceans for anything you’ve just realized you forgot, but you’ve got baggage limits to contend with – one suitcase and one carry-on.
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Capturing your audience: the theatre of online publishing
In the age of the online wordsmith, writing and publishing is no longer restricted to lofty armchair philosophers and pipe-smoking literary prudes. The option of self-publishing and online publishing, once seen as a failing writer’s last resort, has become the new trend in online distribution.E-book publishers have had to learn the new rules of the game fast, with rising global competitors, rising manuscript submissions and a rising age of new-age content creators. As increasingly new releases are finding their footing in the online sphere – with the success of e-book giants such as The Hunger Games and 50 Shades of Grey – e-book publishing has become a lucrative niche of its own. Digital Book World created an e-book publisher power ranking tool to track how well each publisher is doing at sales. Forbes then released the top three publishing powerhouses of 2013 -Hachette, Random House and Penguin.Hachette is this year’s publishing wunderkind – with the success of series like Beautiful Creatures, 27% of all books on the list so far this year have been titles fromthem.Random House and Penguin follow closely with 87 titles and 42 titles, respectively. Combined, Penguin Random House (who are in the middle of a merger) has published roughly 40% of all e-book best-sellers this year.
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Am I the online school person?
After secondary school there are many ways to continue your education and alternative ways to get your high school diploma. The popular choice for people who are on the go…
The fundamentals of blended learning
It is good to know that the technology has finally made it possible for a small group of teachers to be able to teach and engage in large groups. Teachers can…
How to type faster and be more productive?
With the rapid global technological advancements, learning how to type is one of the skills which are most treasured in the market. Typing is not in fact difficult – the real challenge is how to do it fast enough to keep up with the flow of your thoughts. To learn how to type faster, you need patience and thorough hard work. The world desires people who can type just about anything in the shortest time possible. The typing skill can be essential particularly when sending messages to your friends through live chats or e-mails, articles and even blogs.
In order to learn how to type faster, it is important to learn some of the following tips to become a typing guru and increase the number of words you write per minute:
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Your brain on visualization
How long can you keep an attention to a certain object? -A minute, two .... ? Be surprised when you read that your attention span is 8 seconds!! ...or one…
Summer Internships: a full guide
Getting experience before getting a job has become a necessity. In order to get a job, you need to have worked in a job before. While this sounds like a…
