Exercise your mind with e-learning
Every New Year, we are given a clean slate upon which to draw a brand new future. With the New Year's resolution to exercise your body, it is the right time…
The future of e-learning
We can hardly predict the future events with accuracy, but in e-learning we have several guiding principles that can show the realistic development scenarios of online education trends. Have a…
1.4 billion students on Earth
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According to the recent Microsoft survey there are 1.4 billion students on planet Earth out of which 1.23 billion go in pre-k to high school and 170 million attend higher education.
On a global level there are 65.2 million educators – 9.2 million in higher education and 56 million in pre-k to high school.
For having a better overview what the figure of 1.4 billion students means, let me remind you that the world population is around 7.1 billion people.
Here is the Microsoft latest overview of the world statistics:
Free – of – charge online university studies
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One of the benefits that Internet offers is the limitless way of using the educational resources online.
In this direction, the distance learning is overtaking the status of marginal, to very frequently used manner of gaining new skills and obtaining online degrees.
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What do distance learning institutions need to improve further?
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It goes without saying that online education is the future of gaining all the needed knowledge, for every nationality, every social group of people and for everyone’s budget.
The benefits from distance learning are well known: ease of access, time stretch studies upon one’s needs, low or no fees, convenience of learning everywhere and at any time.
However, online students have to be aware of the following challenges:
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Distance learning opinions
[responsivevoice_button buttontext="Play"] Here are some very interesting articles about latest online education developments, opinions about experts in online educations and practitioners of distance learning: Recent changes in education system
Get an online college education now!
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The new revolution in education has been taking place in the last 20 years. This process has been intensified with the massive utilization of Internet, even though its beginnings are also interesting overview.(Short history of distance learning)
The distance learning offers the possibility to be able to turn back the clock, so to speak, and get that degree and job you have always dreamed of.
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Tips to search and compare online colleges
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When a student looks for an online college to get a degree or masters, he or she needs to look at different aspects of the colleges that are important before joining a particular programme.
Sometimes joining the first online college that you find may result in not getting a proper degree, being scammed and the worst possible scenario which is not getting a job due to the degree you may hold. In this process a lot of money and time is wasted.
Here are a few useful suggestions that can be employed to choosing the right online college to join.
- Credentials:
Does the particular college have the basic educational standards required to function and give you a degree is very crucial in choosing an online college. If they don’t have the basic requirements then it is a waste of time joining these institutions because the degree that is given will not be recognised in today’s work environment.
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The truth about argumentation
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Argumentation is commonly associated with debate and its using does not require being adversarial. When trying to persuade, your first thought might be to avoid it.
The kind of argument being discussed here is not bickering or being obnoxious or even debate, therefore do not think of it as attacking the opposing point of view. In its simplest form, it is putting forth reasons for or against a certain point of view.
Argumentation can involve deductive reasoning, presentation and elaboration. It starts with a proposition, followed by an expression of a point of view on a subject and then supporting an evidence. The last one is added as principles to support the proposition used. Reasoning on the matter, applying inductions and deductions to the proposed thought are part of the argumentation.
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Get a degree with a busy schedule
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If someone has told you twenty years ago that you would be able to seat at home, in front of a computer and get the degree you wanted, it is very unlikely that you would have not believed it.
Amazingly, the world has changed since then and the people learning from a computer to earn a degree and even work from home is now a reality. Here is a an overview of some of the most popular online degrees being earned.
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