Teaching Tips
David Pogue wrote a New York Time’s column with technology tips. Many of the tips I know, such as use the tab key to go to the next box when filling out a form, but I found some new ones, […]
Pick Your Favorite Online Instructor for a Course on the 2008 Election
I intended to write a post addressed to the new president informing him, not that he asked, about what he should do to promote quality online education. But, after seeing a few letters in similar veins, I am attempting to […]
Pomp and Circumstance: The Value of Ceremony for Graduations
Suppose you complete a degree at accredited online institution, which would make you feel more like a graduate: 1) If you marched across a stage, shook the hands of dignitaries, and were handed a diploma? 2) If you get your […]
Tweed Jackets, Black Turtlenecks, and Speculation about Apple University
While the origin of “university” is guild or corporation, the modern definition is “an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools… and authorized […]
“I’ll probably be taking more courses online now”
The “US corporate market for Self-paced eLearning reached $5.2 billion in 2007” according to a report from Ambient Insight. This is roughly equivalent to the GNP of Burkina Faso, which used to be the most illiterate country in the world, […]