Why’d you get out of bed this morning? It’s a tough question, especially when you’re in the act itself. What it’s really getting at is two fold:
Quite possibly the biggest nod that online education has ever gotten, a new study from the U.S. Department of Education has found that good teaching is enhanced by new technologies. The study found all sorts of great things about online education as opposed to face-to-face instruction. I, for one, am excited to hear this great news. (more…)
Jack Welch, former General Electric Co. Chief Executive, has put his stamp of approval on the MBA program at Chancellor University. Of course, Chancellor University has only recently donned this name. Myers University, the formerly bankrupt, is now Chancellor University System LLC, and Jack Welch owns 12 percent of it. (more…)
The online education news world is hopping this week. With a cyber charter school in Pennsylvania unionizing (the first of its kind to do so), Herzing University voted ‘Best School for Online Education‘ in Wisconsin, and young tennis players being given access to two top-notch online schools–newsworthy events are cropping up right and left. (more…)
Americans are spending less and saving more this year. The savings rate got up to a 14-year high of 5.7 percent of our disposable income in April or this year. This is the sharpest increase in saving since the numbers started being tracked in the early 1950s. It’s also the first year since WWII that Americans spent less than they did the year before. One big expense that’s getting dropped? Dream schools. (more…)
The phrase haunts the halls of academia: publish or perish. It refers to the need for professors to publish work, lest their contracts run out. It’s stressful, and it takes valuable time away from teaching. While the online education world is far too broad to make sweeping generalizations about, it follows that if students seek out online education for its flexible schedule, wouldn’t teaching online free up some time for research? (more…)
Online education programs are more popular than ever before. For programs that started off online, this just means that business is really taking off. For programs with brick-and-mortar roots, though, increasing online enrollment means it may be time for an agonizing reassessment of the whole scene. Why? Small, distance-learning programs have grown, thanks to the Internet, and many have grown so rapidly and to such an extent that a majority of enrolled students don’t ever step foot on campus. (more…)
The House just passed a bill that would give $6.4 billion to rebuilding–and greening–schools. This investment in America’s future has some controversy attached, though. Much like any investment, the return needs to be factored in. Will this bill actually work as part of an economic stimulus, or will it be something more on the order of frivolous spending? (more…)
A friend of mine who was recently handed an online geology course to teach at a local community college mentioned something that I found interesting: he’s having quite a bit of trouble getting students to use the discussion boards and forums. He requires a minimum number of posts and responses for students to meet participation requirements, but found that fewer than ten percent were doing anything more. An informal survey showed that upwards of eighty percent had facebook or MySpace accounts that they updated regularly, and some even used these sites to talk with others in the class. Why aren’t they using the class’s site? (more…)
Chatting with a friend of mine last night, it came up that she’d been expelled in high school. I won’t go into the details (amusing as they were in hindsight), but it’s been her cross to bear over the years. Colleges tend to frown on behavior-issue-laden pasts, and with admission rates dropping, it can be harder than ever to get into a good school. An online college education could be the way to go to avoid spreading your trouble-maker history around. (more…)
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