Distance Education .: Education Articles

Future of Distance Learning
What is the future of distance learning? Do you think it is better to go to school or learn from the comfort of your home? Have you any experience or opinion about distance education? We will like to learn about your experience...

USC Distance Learning Goes International
Viterbi Engineering School's Innovative DEN Partners With ChevronTexaco to Offer Unique 'Smart Oil' Classes Worldwide An educational revolution has spread worldwide. The University of Southern California’s innovative Distance Education...

University of Phoenix says ensuring institution's accreditation essential for online learning programs
With the topic of online learning being under such scrutiny of late, the most important factor in play when considering such a program is, naturally, accreditation (or more appropriately, as we've seen, the lack thereof). To answer some of...

The State of Distance Education: Observations
For this month's newsletter, we're going to step back and take a look at where distance education has been and where it's going. Sometimes is seems as if time rushes past; we turn around and wonder where the time went. As the year comes...

Beware of long-lasting effects of long-distance diploma mill
You want to get ahead in your field so you are considering a distance-learning opportunity. But before you spend the time and money to get a higher education degree through correspondence courses or the Internet, make sure you aren't...

Edusat will revolutionise distance education
The quality of research methodology for distance education should be stepped up in proportion to the revolutionary technology that is available to the sector with the launch of Edusat, said the Vice-Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National...

Three dozen districts to offer distant learning
Advanced physics and other specialty classes could be just a click away for thousands of public, private and home-schooled students next fall under a new distance learning program. Thirty-five school districts are forming a statewide...

High School Students Earn Diplomas at a Distance
As students around the country head back to school this fall, some are traveling no farther than the desk in their bedroom or the computer in the family room to get the high school education that best meets their needs. In fact, according...

Distance Education for the Medical Assistant Instructor
Medical Assistant distance education is emerging to meet the demands of a new generation of students in the twenty first century. St. Augustine Medical Assistant School distance education program for medical assistant presents a good model...

Distance Education - the Future of Independent Learning
Taking college classes in your own home? Receiving a degree without ever setting foot on a campus? 20 years ago, this was nearly impossible. Today, wider acceptance of alternative education methods, The Internet and our desire for...

The Study of Distance Education by Distance Education
Distance education has become what analysts call a growth industry, and they predict it remaining so for many years to come. The term distance education was formally introduced into the U.S. government’s Educational Resources Information...

Web classes a popular option for students
Internet courses from "Greek Tragedy" to "Psychology of Grief" have been added to the classes offered next spring and is the only way some students are able to complete their college requirements. With more than 30 web courses being...

Distance Learning
Distance Learning: balancing your education and busy lifestyle by Angela Williams Distance Learning is a priority for most who have already set their lives out in one way or another in...