Distance

fall of 2017, I almost had to postpone college again because of an unpredictable, debilitating illness, one that I had been battling for several years. Having the option of distance learning saved me from postponing my classes once again. I could attend college, manage my health, and continue my medical treatments. Distance Learning, despite minor obstacles, offers many benefits, especially choosing one’s learning style, and it is a good option for many students. The virtual classroom provided…

Topic: Communication technologies aid education Assignment: Referenced essay Lecturer: Student name: Lee Jie Ying (Mia) Student ID: 3626078 Date: 1 November 2016 Word count: 978 What is communication technology? It definite as ‘Communication is the transfer of information and some means of ensuring that what is sent is also received. Technology increases the ways in which information can be communicated, the speed of transmission, and the total volume that can be handled at any one time’…

People all around the world are taking Massive Open Online Courses, otherwise knowns as MOOCs. In the article, “The Year of the MOOC”, Laura Pappano states that MOOCs are free online course that anyone in the world can take. In an essay called “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…

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…

Senator Hughes, I work for the Alutiiq 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…

Analyse how using techniques affect your thoughts and/or feelings about a character in the written text(s). The poem, “Mother any distance” by Simon Armitage, is about a child and his mother. Throughout the poem, we see the relationship of the mother and child naturally develop and change. As the child gets older and becomes more independent he wants to leave the ‘birds nest’. Yet the mother doesn’t want to fully let go. Armitage uses symbolism, metaphor, and rhyme to affect my thoughts and/or…

schools educate about 29% of United States students in K-12 programs (193). These schools face many difficulties, such as hiring exceptional teaching staff and providing additional learning opportunities to their students. With the aid of online distance education (ODE) these rural students gain access to a higher quality learning experience that can be tailored to their specific needs, struggles, and learning preferences. Students are no longer limited by geography or happenstance; they can…

There has been a perception that long-distance result to break-up of relationships. Nevertheless, it is not automatic that a relationship will break due to long-distance. In the past there are relationships that have thrived very well despite the distance. In most cases, long-distance enables couples to know one another better before getting into a more tight relationship in future. It is apparent that long-distance relationships are subject to numerous challenges. Nevertheless, there are…

Our relationship was going smooth. It was until life threw us a curve ball. I was notified by my mom that I had to leave the country. This news really hit us because we had been only dating for a few months, and we did not feel ready to start a distance relationship. We gathered enough courage, and we decided to continue our relationship by thousands of kilometers apart from each other. Nowadays, I have been…

The Distance Between Us successfully demonstrates the “family” theme. The theme gives readers a fully look of how the relationship of members in the family and life events in Reyna and her family changed after her father had left. I was born and raised in Hanoi, Vietnam. My family was a middle-class family. We used to live together with my grandparents’ house. The big family lived together in a house with six tiny rooms. It was very uncomfortable because there are different generations living…