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Online Education in Developing Countries
What we see up-and-coming is a society of Open and Distance Learning Institutions with a strong association among themselves. Sometimes this collaboration involves the exchange of course materials, and some form of cross licensing and credit transfer. The delivery is becoming increasingly electronic, and we should now view these educational systems as information technology systems.
Will these developments serve the interests of developing countries? There is clearly much need for caution. We need to moderate the developments reported above with concerns for access to the education both in terms of the students’ own prior knowledge and cultural perspectives, and in terms of access to the technology through which to access the education. We also need to be concerned about the impact upon the local culture that may be matte by imported materials and the developed world’s culture that these embody.
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Earning Engineering Degrees from Accredited Online Colleges
The rapid growth of the online and distance learning community has given new hope to those who have found themselves at a crossroads in life. Many people thinking about pursuing an online degree fall into one of several categories. Some have already earned a bachelors degree and find a need, due to career goals, to return to the classroom to earn a masters or graduate degree. Others had life events interrupt their collegiate experience and they now are faced with the reality of securing their future with an undergraduate degree. For both of these scenarios, online education has taken the lead as a viable option that meets their daily work and life schedules. Many will seek a degree online in a field that they had prior interest in or had not completed fully.
However, still more, contemplate a change completely in their career path, or frankly, have found a new interest for their career. Engineering is one of the specialty careers that more and more people are directing themselves towards. With the advances in technology we see around us every day an online engineering degree can take many forms.
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You Can Teach Your Child Accelerated Learning
Accelerated learning is a phrase evoked to describe child who learns at a pace that extends well beyond an age-appropriate curriculum. An interesting note is given that an average curriculum is composed for the average student, it is generally rigid and unresponsive to the changing needs of most students, and therefore it isn’t surprising that many kids can easily surpass it.
According to one recent article, three states are now considering legislation that will allow 16 year olds to enter college to continue on with their education simply because the current offerings at their local high schools no longer meet the needs of so many. There is also the explosion of early entrance college programs awarding admission to youth who have exhausted K-12 options at earlier than expected ages.
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