Integrity in Education Online

Integrity In Education Online Introduction Those involved in online education often hear the question, “but, how do you know the person taking the course on the other side of the computer is really who they say they are?” This question, although not unique to online education, strikes at a very important issue to online education, both for educators and for students. That...

How To Choose

Getting A Degree Online: How To Choose A School Introduction You’ve found out that you can go back to school and finish that degree. On the Internet. Without ever leaving home. It’s an empowering thought. Now, what to do? Which school will you choose? How will you know you’ve picked the right one? How do you select from the bewildering number of online degree programs...

Challenges

Challenges of Education Online Introduction Online degree programs have created incredible opportunities. They have made it possible for people to start or return to school that, only a few years ago, simply could not have done so. Along with the great opportunity of distance education also come some challenges. For the Virtual Student, it is important to understand the...

Accreditation

Does Accreditation Matter To Education Online Degrees? Introduction One question that seems to come up constantly when Virtual Students are looking for an online degree program is, “what about accreditation?” Accreditation is an important issue, important to understand and important to handle in your search for a good distance learning school. Like many issues related to...

Accelerated Degrees

Accelerate: How To Finish A Degree In The Shortest Possible Time Frame We’ve all seen them, the spam emails that promise a “degree” with no courses, no books, no tests. And we’ve all heard stories about the diploma mills that charge a small fee to review your work and life experience, after which they grant you a degree. This article is not about those kinds of...

3 Part Strategy for CLEP Success

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. We’re saying this: You can earn gobs of college credit my merely taking and passing inexpensive CLEP exams. You might be saying: What’s the catch? Great question. The CLEP process is an almost miraculous solution to paying outrageous college tuition. But college is tough. Can CLEP exams possibly be easy? Most likely not....

3.2 Million and Counting

Number of Students In Distance Education Programs Grows Steadily Nearly 3.2 Million Higher Education Students Taking Courses Online ORLANDO, Fla.,  — The Sloan Survey of Online Learning, “Making the Grade: Online Education in the United States, 2006″ shows tremendous growth in online learning in America. “This is the largest study to date and it tells us online...