E-learning

“I love that I can work from home and take my kids to school everyday.” This is a quote said by Simon Toyne. He is trying to explain the endless possibilities of things you can now do during the day with being enrolled in cyber school. An online school that teaches students entirely online or through the internet is what cyber school is defined as. Cyber school is one of the most controversial yet beneficial programs in education today because it allows a student to have a flexible schedule,…

Starkman continues to admire the advancement in technology and notes her ability to adopt different means of communication for her students. She specifies the incredible benefits of technology in international classrooms with students who are working on learning a second language.…

A MOOC is an online course for anybody that has the tie and dedication to their education.Most professors that teach the different classes,usually don’t have time to talk and meet face to face with every student they are teaching. You have to have internet access to be able to particapate in these courses.Every course is different in its own way.The best part is that you get to pick any course you want to learn more about and it is also free to enroll into.By examining Gregory’s essay, I have…

Username: Master_O_Blocks Age: 15 Timezone: EST Why should you be accepted as a staff member?: I believe I should be accepted as a staff member for a few reasons. For starters, I have vast knowledge of how the server is run and I know the ropes of things. My past experience as staff on AC has taught me a lot about what sorta things are done “behind the scenes” and how one must go about certain situations or instances. For the most part, I consider myself generally kind to most everyone I…

summary there will be several points discussed about how online students communicate with their peers and how those who just read over discussion can compromise the community learning environment. The article argues that Read-only participants disrupt the formation of a virtual community of learners and it compromises learning of others. (Bilgnaut, Cronje & Nagel, 2007). The authors provide evidence through quantitative study and a mixed methodology approach to this study. (Bilgnaut, Conje &…

More emphasis should be placed on learning tasks, learner characteristics, student motivation, and the instructor” (p 102). The perceived notion that Millennials enjoy being online and therefore enjoy taking online courses is an inaccurate statement. Stapleton et al, found that “only 26%…

In 1831, at the age of twelve, Walt Whitman began working for his local newspaper. He soon fell in love with the written word and started writing his own poetry (“Poet Walt Whitman”). Fast forward to the turn of the 20th century, and Whitman has already made a name for himself as one of America’s most influential poets. Two of Whitman’s most esteemed works are “O Captain! My Captain!”, written in 1865 to reflect on Abraham Lincoln's death, and “O Me! O Life!”, written in 1891 to contemplate…

Throughout history, human civilizations have been built on conforming to social norms. Likewise, there have always been individuals, throughout history, who have ventured outside of those norms, many times to the dismay or even apathy of their respectively societies. E.E. Cummings’ “anyone lived in a pretty how town,” is perfect example of how individualism is viewed in a conformist society, as well as sheds light on the poet’s own views of conformity. Although conforming to social norms is how…

Know a man in the early 1900’s known for his poems written with incorrect spelling and punctuation? Then you would be thinking about E. E. Cummings! E. E. Cummings was birthed upon the world as Edward Estlin Cummings in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1894. He developed a unique style of writing at an early age, being influenced by both Impressionism and Cubism, and grew up to study at Harvard University. The poet would become a famous writer, but while he was alive, his work was mostly left…

How do we determine if love changes someone or not? In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and in “anyone live in a pretty how town” by E.E. Cummings, the authors use motifs, imagery, and symbolism to show how love can shape an individual change. Throughout the novel Gatsby has changed for Daisy because he is in love with her and in the poem the speaker anyone changed because noone showed him love . In the novel, Fitzgerald uses symbolism to represent a deeper meaning. Some…