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Stanford free online courses are a big hit
Stanford put 10 of its most popular computer science and electrical engineering courses online for free a month ago, prompting 200,000 people around the world to log on and download the materials.
The courses include videos of lectures plus downloads of full course materials, including handouts, homework and exams.
No course credit is given, but people have [...]
Get a degree via cyberspace
What does the “e” stand for in e-learning? For many students it stands for “easy” – not in the academic sense but because you can work from home, or anywhere else with internet access. Actually the “e” stands for electronic – students use digital study materials, usually on the internet, and communicate with one [...]
Can Online Education Help Meet Workforce Needs?
An educated and skilled workforce is essential to the long-term prosperity of our country and our citizenry. Evidence indicates, however, that we cannot meet the demands of the 21st century by relying solely upon centuries-old approaches to higher education. New models are needed to expand access, improve quality, and assure accountability in higher education. [...]
Nurses Can Take Advantage of Online Degrees for Career Advancement
Most nurses are worked in shifts and many of them work in 12-hour shift making them hard to plan for evening class on continuous education program whether they are doing a day shift or a night shift. The advantages of online degree programs that enable students to enter to the classes remotely with flexible learning [...]
A Start-Up Helps With the Run-Up to College
Brightstorm, a start-up introduced Tuesday, offers online courses to augment what teenagers learn in school and help with the ever-more-challenging process of honing their resumes for college.
The target audience is teenagers hoping to improve their grades and test scores to get into college, as well as their parents. Right now the site has 19 courses [...]