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Introduction The impacts of online learning versus traditional classroom learning are significant, beneficial, and provide flexibility for busy, working adults. Whether you prefer convenience of online learning, or the face-to-face aspect of traditional learning, there are many different components, which will influence that decision. After reading this research paper, you will have a descriptive idea of why I chose to pursue online learning, and how I have become successful with it. For those…
Context Description The email interaction that I am using is between myself and my aunt (Amy) on my mom’s side of the family. I am turning twenty during the time of this email conversation and my aunt is sending a congratulatory message. The emails span over a week in which my aunt also inquires into whether I have joined the cellphone application known as VIBER. VIBER is a Wi-Fi based communications application that allows users to communication through the Internet. What is important to note…
Promotional pricing and discounts offer an opportunity to provide increased value to prospective clients as a tool to entice their membership as well as benefits to current clients to retain their membership. Once a client has had the opportunity to be a part of the full Jim’s Gyms’ experience, they may be more apt to continue purchasing the additional services or at the very least, remain a loyal customer. The new client package should consist of a sampling of Jim’s Gyms’ services including…
Many people spend a large amount of time weighing the differences between online schools over a more traditional type of education. There are many points in favor of attending a traditional brick and mortar school. However, the benefits offered by studying online are convenient schedules, and increased flexibility. Although there are many similarities between learning in a classroom and learning online, the differences helped guide me towards online schooling. Traditional school provides an…
Learning something new has always been frightening to me. I’ve only learned in a traditional classroom setting, so I knew online learning would take discipline. Through the years, family and close friends would encourage me to go back to school to finish my degree, but I never could fit school into my hectic schedule. After talking with my classmate, I began to visualize how important it was to finish my four year degree. I decided to submit the application and all the necessary documents to…
Method Participants The study will have about 300 undergraduate university students participating in the study. Participants must be undergraduate students who are 18 years old or older. Participants will be recruited from introductory psychology courses. The compensation for participation will be extra credit for the psychology course and a $5 gift card. Participation time for the study will last six months (a semester). Design This proposed research is a correlational study between the…
provide them with a new emerging technology concept of e-books. Digital text is not a new concept. It was first introduced by Michael Hart in 1971. He started a project named Gutenberg with the goal of creating a widely available library of all kinds of books available in simple text form. In the mid of 19th century with the boom in internet usage and introduction of new formats and devices for reading text, there is also a buzz in publishing e-books. But the…
As the importance of a college education grows, students are looking for more ways to attend the classes necessary to acquire one. These students typically have busy schedules or live a distance away from their school of choice. This means that the students may not have the opportunity to attend their classes in person. The most popular alternative is taking the course in an online environment. However, with so many students turning to this option, people have been questioning whether or not an…
Try imaging life without technology, without technology, our lives would be very different from what we are used to today. The truth is Technology is an important part of our lives to get through the day, whether it is at work, home or at school. Today many people depend greatly on technology to work through their academic projects or assignment’s. It has made a big impact on many people lives without technology what would we do? Has technology really affected us that much? The internet is the…