Distance education

Education has always been important and now with the availability of online education, more people of all ages can now get an education at their own convenience without having to commute to a physical college. When a potential student wants to get a college degree, they have an important decision to make. They could choose either online college or go the traditional route but with the technology advancing these days there is now a blended education method so students can have both options with…

Proctoring requires a person to oversee students during a test or exam, in order to maintain the integrity of the results. It is a method of keeping cheating on tests to a minimum. Although it is not stated outright in the section on proctored exams, the use of proctors at UoPeople probably stems from their values regarding integrity. The University Catalog (2016) states that the university expects “all students, faculty, staff, and administrators to uphold the highest standards of personal…

“Chunky Peanut Butter,” by James Gregory the author explains his qualities and he can complete a MOOC. The best candidate for taking a MOOC because Gregory is flexible with working with people, serious about his work, and dedicated to advance his education. Gregory can work with any type of person. In his essay he states, “I lead through example, but I am flexible.I am able to work with any kind of jelly.”(Gregory 14). Which means that he can with anyone without having a problem.…

Did you ever hear about an online education? Online education is a type of education which is delivered and managed by using the Internet. However, if you are wondering how different between online education and homeschooling. Lauren Martin (2014) showed that homeschooling means that a parent and a teacher have responsibility for finding the curriculum to their children and teach them at home. So, they are obviously different. Twenty years ago, the online course would have been tough to…

Online Distance Learning is a system or a process where computer or electronics technologies mainly are used to connect teachers and students whenever they are required by real, synchronous or delayed time asynchronous. Meanwhile traditional way of learning is much more structured than online distance learning as it provides face to face contact with students and teachers. Traditional way of learning is practised in a long established technique, on campus learning , where the student need to…

Museum and Archeological Repository in Kodiak. I am currently working with the National Digital Inclusion Alliance to help the remote communities of the Kodiak Archipelago realize digital inclusion. I see that you are the chair of the Senate Standing Education Committee and recently held a presentation on increasing broadband access and capacity for rural areas. I would like to know what is being done to help the rural communities on Kodiak. I would also like to inform you of some of the…

Steve prefontaine is an all American middle & long distance runner who at one point held all American records from the 2000-10000m. Pre was born January 25th 1951, in a very small town of coos bay Oregon. Steve had a tough early life, being part of the football team, basketball team & baseball team, prefontaine was never the first choice & always sat on the bench. Pre was a very small child where many companions towered over him leaving him look like he shouldn't even be there. Pre took on…

Oregon, a race called the Prefontaine Memorial Run. The race is held in honor of a track athlete from Coos Bay named Steve Prefontaine. Steve Prefontaine did not win an Olympic gold medal, but Steve Prefontaine is considered to be one of the greatest distance runners who ever lived. In his senior year of high school, Steve Prefontaine, nicknamed Pre, broke the U. S. high school record for running two miles by nearly seven seconds. He ran two mines in eight minutes, forty-one and half seconds.…

Technological development has brought more opportunities in education, in particular through online. Online learning (e-Learning) can be defined as “learning utilizing electronic technologies to access educational curriculum outside of a traditional classroom” (“What Is ELearning?”). Jeff Seaman, the Co-Director of the Babson Survey Research Group, said, “The rate of growth in online enrollments remains extremely robust, even as overall higher education enrollments have shown a decline” (“Babson…

Heutagogy in Distance Education The way that education is being taught is constantly changing over the years. We are moving from the traditional classroom experience to a more modern experience. No longer are students having to spend numerous hours in different classroom taking notes for further use. The way that course material is delivered has change with emerging technologies. Theorists have proposed different theories of how students throughout the different waves of development. Heutagogy…