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Revealed secrets of online tests

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Post published:28 September, 2013
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Hours upon hours of a teacher’s time can be consumed by planning and assessing student achievements. Assessing what and how a student is learning can be difficult for numerous reasons because multiple methods of testing come into play:

Identifying what students know and understand about a topic;
Identifying what needs to be reviewed;
Summarizing what has been learned and ensuring that the concepts were understood correctly.

These three factors are the components of assessing and evaluating a student’s comprehension of different topics and teachers are utilizing test generator software as a resource.
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Students’ finance: what parents think vs. what students do

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Post published:20 September, 2013
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NatWest via Save The Student has created an interesting comparative infographic about students' financing. It shows what parents think they know about what their children's spending at the university. …

University of People

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Post published:16 September, 2013
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University of the People (UoP) being the world’s first non-profit, tuition-free, degree-granting online academic institution, is dedicated to opening access to higher education globally for all qualified individuals, despite financial,…

Research Libraries’ Future

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Post published:25 August, 2013
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Dame Lynne Brindley, the former CEO of the British Library and recently elected Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, presents a set of key themes tied to the future of research…

Mobile cloud computing has given a new dimension to data storage

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Post published:18 August, 2013
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Mobile cloud computing is simply a special platform that combines cloud computing and mobile devices in order to come up with a system where a cloud does the function of carrying out intensive tasks, such as storing a large amount of data. Moreover, in this system the data storage, as well as data processing usually happens out of the mobile device. Furthermore, it is very evident that the mobile devices we tend to use on daily basis, is marred with a number of challenges like; storage, which cloud computing, is trying to mitigate, battery life, and the processing power. However, mobile applications manufacturers have adequately used this architecture in order to bring out benefits such as; easy integration, improved reliability, and scalability, and extended battery life. Additionally, it has been bringing a great improvement in data storage capacity, and lastly there is an improved integration of data of data due to the ability of storing in one place while you can access it from anywhere.
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How to get your scholarship?

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Post published:13 August, 2013
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If you need money to continue your studies, then you need "The Ultimate SlugBooks Guide to Earning a Scholarship" infographic! Go through the images below for helpful tips helping you…

Effective online education revision techniques

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Post published:13 August, 2013
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There’s no way of escaping exams, so it’s really important for students to find efficient ways to revise the information they’ve learnt. Revision is extremely important, since it enables students to observe their progress and get a high score. Therefore, you’re about to see some guidelines that should be applied by all students interested in revising efficiently.

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GRE Preparation – Plan well for scoring well in this subject

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Post published:7 August, 2013
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If you intend to do well with your GRE preparation and score well, then it is necessary to start your studies well in advance. If you are good with the language, still it requires proper preparation. It will help you in scoring well in this exam, which is a must for getting admission in one of the top-class management courses in the world. These days, many students opt for advanced management studies with one of the best institutes of the world, as it will help you securing your future.
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E-learning revolution

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Post published:6 August, 2013
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Check the amazing facts of e-learning developments, in fact, figures + academic perspective. 1.The growth of the eLearning industry with amazing facts and statistics that shows how fast online eLearning…

Everything you need to know about Massive Open Online Courses

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Post published:27 July, 2013
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We have seen this coming for a little while now. We have the Internet in all its glory, and now it’s time to start using it for good. With all kinds of people connecting from every corner of the globe, we can now teach courses online that anyone with an Internet connection can enroll in, in places from Tibet to Australia to Alaska, on subjects from Calculus to Mandarin to Chemistry. Obviously, these courses known as Massive Open Online Courses (or MOOCs) have a lot to offer us. (more…)