Use the Discussion Forum to introduce yourself to the class. Please include the name you prefer to be called in class, your intended area of study, and something new that you learned while completing the Scavenger Hunt activity.
This is also a good time to ask any additional questions you might have about University of the People, and how to find the resources you need or to get your questions answered while attending the school. Begin using your classmates as additional sources of information.
Hi everyone Diana Songiso is my name and am from Zambia, majoring in Community and Public Health science. The Scavenger Hunt activity gave me the opportunity to know how to add a proctor to a course and where to find information, which department to …show more content…
The role of higher education today is to be the power house for nations straight reading in the development of science and technology, research, educating the community so that knowledge can be reinvested in communities for the development of the nations.
Has their mission changed in the past few decades?
Most definitely the role of higher education has changed because in the past higher education was meant to educate only the elite few, and most student's focus was on being educated and acquire knowledge, not focused on careers, but now the powerhouse part is the masses are being educated and unlike previously students, most students are attending higher education with a focus on a career, therefore, most higher education institutions are focused on providing career rewarding programmes and hence most them were you can get good education have become very …show more content…
For this question it a straight yes, and this is because higher educations in the past used to have a lot of students striaght from high school, but now we have a lot of students who are working at the same time, as being in school, also another distinguishing factor is that we now have students from across the globe.
Have ways of learning changed?
The ways of learning has changed a lot and this can be credited to the advance of Information technology and the introduction of the Internet which is being used as a vehicle to provide online education which never existed in the past, and we have seen the introduction of MOCC course by the well-ranked university in the world and above all almost all higher education institution are now offering Online Education, and due to this change we are here today at the University of the People doing our Online degrees with students across the globe with different cultures and backgrounds.
If you were establishing your own university, what would be its mission and goals?
To provide high-quality education which is affordable and easy to access by Utilizing technology in the provision of courses and learning
This is also a good time to ask any additional questions you might have about University of the People, and how to find the resources you need or to get your questions answered while attending the school. Begin using your classmates as additional sources of information.
Hi everyone Diana Songiso is my name and am from Zambia, majoring in Community and Public Health science. The Scavenger Hunt activity gave me the opportunity to know how to add a proctor to a course and where to find information, which department to …show more content…
The role of higher education today is to be the power house for nations straight reading in the development of science and technology, research, educating the community so that knowledge can be reinvested in communities for the development of the nations.
Has their mission changed in the past few decades?
Most definitely the role of higher education has changed because in the past higher education was meant to educate only the elite few, and most student's focus was on being educated and acquire knowledge, not focused on careers, but now the powerhouse part is the masses are being educated and unlike previously students, most students are attending higher education with a focus on a career, therefore, most higher education institutions are focused on providing career rewarding programmes and hence most them were you can get good education have become very …show more content…
For this question it a straight yes, and this is because higher educations in the past used to have a lot of students striaght from high school, but now we have a lot of students who are working at the same time, as being in school, also another distinguishing factor is that we now have students from across the globe.
Have ways of learning changed?
The ways of learning has changed a lot and this can be credited to the advance of Information technology and the introduction of the Internet which is being used as a vehicle to provide online education which never existed in the past, and we have seen the introduction of MOCC course by the well-ranked university in the world and above all almost all higher education institution are now offering Online Education, and due to this change we are here today at the University of the People doing our Online degrees with students across the globe with different cultures and backgrounds.
If you were establishing your own university, what would be its mission and goals?
To provide high-quality education which is affordable and easy to access by Utilizing technology in the provision of courses and learning