How Online College Classes Work

How Online College Classes Work

by: Timothy D. Arnold

Itกs no secret that more and more people are looking to the internet for a convenient way to further their education. Online classes are a great way to obtain an accredited college degree from home and continue to work a full time job. Many times a student can attend classes from their computer and schedule those classes around their job. Some schools allow the student to login to a class at their convenience. Imagine taking a class from the comfort of your own home and not having to deal with parking problems, child care, lunch, or transportation expenses.

You can also get an online degree from top, accredited online colleges and online schools that may not be available in your local area. An online education is also a great option for nontraditional students, the handicapped, people in remote areas, and people with a fulltime job or a schedule that doesn’t allow for a traditional education.

Distance education can be delivered in several ways. We will examine two of the many ways education can be delivered via the internet.

One of the most common is through live media. In this type of online classroom, students typically login to a chat room type environment that allows not only for text chat but also live audio chat, similar to many of the popular ขinstant messagingข programs that are widely used today. The lecture can be heard through the computer speakers or through a set of headphones. The students communicate with the teacher and other students by text chat or simply by talking into a PC microphone. The teacher can also allow students to view him/her in a smaller window on the monitor via a webcam. The lecture can also be recorded and posted to the school website to allow students to listen to the lecture and review the material at a later time according to their schedule, and as many times as necessary. This type of online class makes it necessary to be at the computer at a scheduled time each day.

One advantage to this type of online college classroom environment is the student receives live instruction with structured classes. It is well known that students working within in a structured setting have a higher probability of success of finishing their degree. An obvious disadvantage would be lack of scheduling flexibility.

Another variation of the online classroom setting involves text messages such as email and message boards. Each class may share a group mailbox or a message board system, which becomes the กelectronic classroomก. The instructor generally posts lectures on the topic of study, posts the assignments, and provides discussion questions related to the topic. The student can view lectures, notes from the instructor and other students, and assigned projects. The student can also post messages or questions to the instructor and other students.

One advantage of this system is 24 hour access to course materials and the ability to work at oneกs own pace without regard to scheduling. A disadvantage would be lack of direct contact with the instructor.

In both scenarios students are expected to logon to the class site a certain number of days per week. Students also can contact the instructor via email to ask questions or receive answers. When assignments are due, students send them to the instructor online, where they are graded and returned. Students may also have access to their individual performance reports by logging in to a website where that information is posted. Test may also be taken online. Typically, online classes last five to six weeks.

Although the degree of difficulty is the same for the online classroom as in a traditional setting, the internet has broken down many barriers for people wanting to obtain higher education.

About The Author

Timothy D. Arnold has recruited college students for http://www.acit.com and also recruits students via his online college portal at http://www.allcollegedegrees.com

This article was posted on February 09

by Timothy D. Arnold

Internet Marketing Seminars: Prepare to Meet Your

Internet Marketing Seminars: Prepare to Meet Your Mentor

by: Rosalind Gardner

During my early twenties, while stationed in the frigid northern Canadian town of Timmins, Ontario, I took a number of University of Waterloo correspondence courses, with the hope of earning my degree and a way out of that frozen wasteland.

Did I learn a lot? Absolutely!

Did I benefit from the information? Again, absolutely! What would you like to know about Christallerกs กCentral Placeก theory?

Did I get my degree? Errr?no, I did not.

For me, the distance learning process was difficult and sorely lacking. I found it hard to motivate and discipline myself to study on my own schedule.

After listening to an audiotaped lecture, I couldn’t simply raise my hand to get answers to my questions.

Indeed, who were those people who were spouting their infinite wisdom? Were they graduate students, or bonafide experts with practical experience in their field?

Getting feedback on submitted assignments took weeks by snail mail. There were no other students with whom to share ideas and concerns. More importantly, where were the rabblerousing allnight parties that were supposed to be part of my University experience?

Oncampus university students usually take 4 or 5 courses per semester to earn a degree in 3 or 4 years, but a correspondence student with a fulltime job is hardpressed to complete just 2 courses per semester. Taking ten years to complete one degree wasn’t likely to impress potential employers in the Sunny South.

All in all, I felt like I was going to freeze to death in the vacuum of distance learning.

Trying to build a successful Internet or affiliate marketing business by studying ebooks is a little bit like trying to earn a business degree by correspondence.

Sure, you can do it, and I highly recommend that you take advantage of all educational material relevant to your online ventures.

However, while some students do very well with distance education, most of us learn faster and more easily when we can see and hear our teachers, and get answers to our questions as they come up.

For example, how many books would you have to read to equal the value of two or three days of multimedia presentations, on a variety of related topics, in an environment where you can ask questions and exchange ideas with both teachers and students? Three, four even five?

How long would it take you to read five books?

A week? A month? More?

No, really. You’re a busy person. Youกve probably got a fulltime job, a family, friends, a home to take care of and other pressing obligations.

After spending 10 hours commuting to and from work, 40 hours at work, 49 hours sleeping, 20 hours with your family and friends, 15 hours eating, 7 hours maintaining your home and another 10 hours maintaining your muscles; thereกs not much time left in the week to do your ‘required readingก ? IF you have the discipline.

And have you ever met the person who wrote the ebook that you’re currently reading about copywriting? Do they really practice what they preach?

Wouldn’t you rather learn marketing, sales, and copywriting strategies firsthand from selfmade millionaires who use those same techniques everyday; than from กpick and shovel sellersก who sell only moneymaking guides?

Instead of spending months and months learning on your own, what if you could spend just two or three days at a seminar learning about every topic that is important to you as an Internet entrepreneur? How much more quickly would your business become profitable?

The truth is that กpick and shovel sellersก don’t and can’t speak at seminars because they can’t answer your tough questions?and you need answers to your tough questions.

Do you ever wonder, กHow do I build a huge optin list?ก กHow do I find Super Affiliates to promote my online business?ก กWhat does it take to become a super affiliate?ก กWhich search engine optimization strategies work best?ก กWhat tools do successful Internet marketers really use in their businesses?ก กAre there easy ways to find a profitable niche or make money using payperclick advertising?ก

You can get all of your questions answered in the space of a weekend. All you have to do is show up, listen and ask.

Probably more than the copious amounts of great information that youกll take away from a seminar, is how inspired you will feel after hearing กordinaryก people tell their extraordinary success stories.

There is incredible power and motivation that comes from meeting selfmade millionaires in person and being able to see that they are as ‘realก as you or I. Learning that they too worked hard, made mistakes, and yet achieved the dream of true financial freedom will fuel a fire within you that burns long after the seminar is over.

Meeting your mentors and making friends at these events is another valuable benefit. How great would it be to just pick up the phone and talk with someone who understands your business? Can you do that now?

Attending a seminar isn’t cheap, however. It often costs several hundred to a couple thousand dollars just to get in the door, and that doesn’t include your airfare or accommodation. Though in many cases, you should be able to write off those expenses against your future earnings.

If you’re worried about the price of going to a seminar, consider what Nigel Botterill of Solihull, West Midlands, U.K. had to say about his experience during and after attending one of Yanik Silverกs seminars.

กI came across from the UK for the event knowing nothing about กInformation Marketingก…I want you to know just how bloody useful the whole thing was. Iกm very grateful to you for putting it all together. Within five weeks of the event I had launched my first product.

กWithin nine months of the event, using the techniques and tips that I learned from all the fantastic speakers at your Birthday Bash, I have generated well over one million dollars in sales from that single product. It has been incredible. All this with no previous experience just the education I got from three days in Florida!

กIกve closed down my กoldก business, changed my entire way of life, and am having so much fun.

กScary to think how different things would be if I hadn’t ‘taken the plungeก and booked on your event…ก

So, will YOU earn a million dollars from your fledgling Internet business in the next nine months, or even just a few thousand? Or will you still be struggling to figure out how to build your first web site?

Thatกs entirely up to you.

But if you want to put yourself on a fasttrack to success, attend a weekend seminar and meet your mentor today!

© Copyright Rosalind Gardner, All Rights Reserved.

About The Author

Article by Rosalind Gardner, author of the bestselling กSuper Affiliate Handbook: How I Made $436,797 in One Year Selling Other Peopleกs Stuff Onlineก. To learn how you too can suceed in Internet and affiliate marketing, go to: http://NetProfitsToday.com.

This article was posted on March 30

by Rosalind Gardner

Graduate Degree Programs

Graduate Degree Programs

by: Kathy Jones

There are a number of online graduate degree programs that are available on the net. You can virtually get a graduate degree program in each and every discipline you wish to search. These anytime, anywhere courses cover topics from business and management education to film production and journalism. You can even get graduate degree programs for fields such as fashion designing.

Many universities now offer online graduate degree programs as an extension to their regular degree programs. You can now earn a graduate degree sitting in home through the computer. All you need is Internet, which is not at all difficult to get.

Some of the programs have the stamp of approval from the respective accrediting boards, which speaks for their quality. Some courses have direct accreditation from the universities.

• Many of these online graduate degree courses in technical categories also have accreditation from their professional associations.

Accreditation is stamp of approval from the respective universities that the course has a current curriculum and the course provides highcaliber teaching. The course also provides for meaningful interaction between students and a qualified faculty.

But in the vast array of online degree programs available, the task of choosing the right program for you may seem overwhelming. It involves a quite a lot of leg work on your part to choose the right degree program and then check its accreditation.

There is no need to get disheartened. There is another solution also. There a number of resources on the net, which have done the ground, work of listing the online graduate degree programs in all the categories that the students are searching for. A proper scrutiny is done for the courses with respect to their accreditation, course content and the teaching methods. Only after the course meets the set criterion the course is selected for listing.

To get admission to these online degree courses through distance education, you are required to meet the general admission requirements of the university as well as those specified by the individual degree program. After you get admission youกll retrieve lectures, questions and assignments from your instructor online and then review them offline at the times and places most convenient to you.

After you are through with your assignment, you can post it along with the activities sheets electronically. You’ll also have access to online research libraries and services, as well as other successful professionals with whom you can share ideas, debate issues and learn from each othersก experience. The best part of online degree courses is that you can learn your subjects at your own convenient pace, and still get a degree that is almost equivalent to regular degree courses.

These creditbearing online graduate degree courses through distance learning are made available to you on just half of the regular oncampus tuition rates. At the same time you don’t have any bindings of time or space. You are required occasionally go the college or university to meet your Professor or for certain activities related to your course like the orientation or contact programs for a limited period of time.

All that you have to do is to browse through the graduate degree programs listed on the Ineedadegree.com and choose the course to suit your requirement.

Best of luck! Get the graduate degree online and find the job you would love!

About The Author

Kathy Jones

There are a number of online graduate degree programs that are available on the net. You can virtually get a graduate degree program in each and every discipline you wish to search. These anytime, anywhere courses cover topics from business and management education to film production and journalism. You can even get graduate degree programs for fields such as fashion designing.

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This article was posted on March 23

by Kathy Jones

Street Smarts Vs Book Smarts, What Does It Takes T

Street Smarts Vs Book Smarts, What Does It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur

by: Benjamin Seow

The latest series in ‘the Apprenticeก features 2 distinct group of candidates. One group, who are only high school graduates are termed as กStreet Smartsก by Donald Trump whereas, the other group are all college educated with some having MBAs and advanced degrees. They were termed as the กBook Smartsก.

What was revealed at the start was that the กStreet Smartก group were mainly entrepreneurs and had a net worth 3 times more than the กBook Smartก group!

What this goes to show is that you do not need a college degree to be an entrepreneur and rich. In fact, having a college degree may be more of an impediment to being a successful entrepreneur.

Why is this so?

For one thing, entrepreneurs cannot be conformist and stick กby the rulesก and college somehow tends to train people to stick กby the rulesก. Entrepreneurs will always come up against obstacles and will have to find ways around these obstacles, many times, unconventionally.

College tend to make graduates think in a similar fashion, hence, they tend to be highly trained clones with no personality. Entrepreneurs however know that they need to have their own USP, or กUnique Selling Propositionก to be successful and being entrepreneurs, will find or create their own USP to make a success of themselves.

Entrepreneurs know that they need to think out of the box and create a niche for themselves as they do not have the resources to fight the big boys on their terms.

For college graduates, there is always the choice of going to work for one of the big corporations. For entrepreneurs, failure is not an option as they would not get very far in a big corporation without a college degree.

This is not to say that all college graduates are not entrepreneur material but that in most cases, getting a college education may not be the best route to being an entrepreneur as the education system is designed to produce workers and not entrepreneurs.

About The Author

Benjamin Seow is a longtime entrepreneur and a popular information publisher and has recently created an amazing system for increasing your free time AND profits in under 7 days at: ==> http://www.EntrepreneurMillions.com

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This article was posted on August 09

by Benjamin Seow