7 signs you are dealing with a diploma mill
As Raleigh residents and people around the country take more and more courses online the issue of diploma mills must be addressed. Websites abound promising Life Experience degrees without studying,...
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Virtual Schools a growing option for North Carolina high school students
Virtual schools providing online education for K-12 learners are a growing trend across the country and North Carolina's Virtual Public School (NCVPS) is part of that trend, nearly doubling enrollment...
View ArticleInformal online learning? Try a Community of Practice
Online learning can be both formal (signing up for online classes with an instructor) or informal (downloading courses from iTunesU or lectures from YouTube) but another option is to join a community...
View Article13 Online learning tools to support K-12 learners
Parents are always looking for great ways to help their children learn. In these days of ongoing fiscal belt-tightening and education budget cuts in North Carolina and across the country finding the...
View Article7 essential online learning tools for adults
Adult learners face a variety of challenges from time-management (juggling family, work, and social commitments along with school) to brushing up study skills they may not have used in a long time....
View ArticleUse free webinars to learn new skills
What's a webinar? A webinar is an online workshop or presentation, live or recorded often containing video and audio which may make use of chat, file sharing and other tools to teach a skill, present...
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Top 5 tools for online learning success
Online course offerings are increasing across the board in North Carolina. NC Virtual Public School, reports a 54% growth rate between the fall 2008 and fall 2009 Learn and Earn Online enrollments....
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Six great free or nearly free iPod Touch apps for toddlers
These days, even toddlers want to play with Mom and Dad's iPhone and iPod. NY Times writer Hillary Stout recently reported that for many toddlers, the Apple iPhone is their toy of choice. While...
View ArticleTop 6 iPod Touch apps for your k-8 learner
There's no doubt that today's children are digital natives who take to new technology with an ease their parents never imagined. There are apps to teach kids foreign languages, grammar and math skills...
View ArticleSix essential iPod Touch apps for adult learners
There are thousands of iPod touch apps for kids, entertainment, and keeping up with the latest news, weather and sports. However, there are also great apps available for adult learners. Of course...
View ArticleMore school districts embracing Google Apps for education
Google announced earlier this month that its Apps for Education users had topped 10 million students, teachers and administrators and staff. Google's Apps for Education offers free e-mail and...
View ArticlePros and cons of E-readers
E-reader sales are expected to double this year. College and university libraries around the country are now including e-readers in their collections. And California Governor Schwarzenegger is...
View ArticleE-readers: Seven features to help you choose
Considering buying an e-reader in the near future? Avid readers everywhere, from college students taking online and face-to-face classes to commuters are using the devices to feed their reading and...
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Online learning options for snow days
Snow storms up and down the east coast last winter kept many schools students at home and resulted in a significant loss of learning time. Traditionally, snow days are either built into a school...
View ArticleNCSSM hosts leadership and ethics conference
The North Carolina School of Science and Math (NCSSM) will host its 12th annual Ethics and Leadership Conference on November 8th. "What ethics has to teach us" is the topic of this year...
View ArticleNational Distance Learning Week Nov. 8-12
This week is National Distance Learning Week, sponsored by the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA). It is an opportunity to mark the impressive growth of distance learning. Online...
View ArticleGood grammar is essential to online learning success: 5 great resources
Grammar do's and dont's that we all learned in school, often by having papers graded and returned covered in red ink, are essential to success in online learning. Although the thought of...
View ArticleOnline learning resources for homeschoolers
For a variety of reasons homeschooling is a growing option for many families. Some families want more control over what information and issues their children are exposed to, and others opt for...
View ArticleSeven web 2.0 applications for online learners
Web 2.0 applications, which include instant messaging, collaborative, slideshow, bookmarking, video and audio, and presentation and many other tools are a great resource for online learners to both...
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Online learning in 2011
As the new year takes off with a flying start, this is a great time to look forward to what's in store for online learning and learners in 2011.  ...
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