I posted before, Your Participation in Online Course Discussions is Mandatory
I have found an example of a Rubric for Online Discussion Board Participation. This rubric shows why online courses are not so easy and require higher levels of thinking and discussion from students.
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Online Courses Require Higher Levels of Thinking from Students
Posted in online learning, tagged back to college, college degree, distance learning, non traditional students, online degree, online learning, online students on August 23, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Deciding Whether to Return to School or Not
Posted in return to college, tagged back to college, college degree, return to school on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Janet Clarey created a pro/con list to help her decide whether to return to college for another graduate degree or not . A similar list, with the information targeted to each user, should be useful to all adults thinking about returning to college
U.S.A. Online Teaching and Learning Timeline
Posted in higher education, online learning, tagged adult learning, adult students, back to college, non traditional students, online teaching on March 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I found this great USA online teaching and learning timeline compiled by Baker’s Guide to Christian Distance Education. It is useful to know the history of online learning
Higher Education Return of Investment
Posted in higher education, return to college, tagged adult learning, adult students, back to college, college degree, non traditional students on March 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
About.com lists ways a college degree can enrich your life
But choose your degrre program carefully
There’s nothing wrong with pursuing higher education simply because you like to learn, but do so in a way that is financial responsible and don’t go into it with illusions that it’s sure to pay-off in the long run.
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Adults Shouldn’t Give Up To Return To College
Posted in return to college, tagged adult learning, adult students, back to college, college degree, non traditional students on January 2, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Some nontrads just give up before even trying. But they don’t have to. Sometimes just taking one class to get “your feet wet” can help.
Make that appointment with the college Financial Aid office. Who knows? There may be a grant for you that you don’t even know exists. You can’t find out if you [...]
Community Building in Online Distance Education
Posted in online learning, tagged adult learning, adult students, back to college, non traditional students on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are practical pedagogical strategies for community building in online distance learning courses.
Community building in online distance education is important to a successful learning experience because it alleviates feelings of isolation for both students and faculty members. Ruth E. Brown describes the process by which students become part of an online distance education community, identifying [...]
Student Debt is Scary? Non Traditional Students Aren’t Afraid of Student Loans
Posted in financial aid, tagged adult students, back to college, college debt, college degree, college loans, non traditional students, student debt, student loans on November 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Non Traditional Students aren’t afraid of taking college loans and debt to return to college during times of economic crisis. There is a discussion thread Debt is scary – student loans at the Go Back to College group, with excellent advice, from adult students:
bdyer61 Posted: Oct 29, 08 7:32pm
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