7 Ways to Make Professional Connections as an Online Student

This is a guest post submitted by Nancy Wood Online education is an amazing way to get a degree from anywhere in the world. But, without the opportunity to meet people in person and develop one-on-one relationships, it can be difficult to use an online degree program to make professional connections, as well. Traditional on-campus … Read more

Google Course Builder Application – Free tool to run your Own Online Courses

Google Course Builder

The online education space has been generating some buzz in recent times and it’s hard to overlook; from the launch of edX free online learning software, to introduction of new partnerships between Coursera and universities. Google have decided to identify with the mission of expanding online education, through the launch of its open source course-building … Read more

13 Online resources to Improve writing skills

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This is a guest post by John Garber Writing requires a variety of resources to be considered successful. Modern internet technology has numerous dependable tools you can use to write better. Whether you are a student, wishing you would write better papers and essays or want to become a famous screenwriter someday, there is a … Read more

Power Searching with Google Starts 24 September – Become a better Internet Searcher

Google seach online class

Power Searching with Google A free course to help you become a better searcher How much would you want to improve your internet search knowledge?  To use the search engine to find anything you are looking for; quicker and easier? Power searching with Google is a free online course, by the search engine giant, to … Read more

17 New Universities Join Coursera to bring free Courses Online

coursera online courses

Today, Coursera announced 17 new universities – including four international universities- have signed agreements with the education technology company to bring courses online for free, in the fields of music, medicine, humanities, and courses on financial engineering, risk management among other courses from renowned professors. Here’s a list of the new universities added on Wednesday: … Read more

How technology in the classroom is changing how we learn

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Given its ubiquitous nature, it stands to reason that technology would eventually make its way into the classroom. This is a trend that we have been seeing for a while now, with the advent of devices such as the Smart Board, but the speed of transition has picked up. There are more and more ways … Read more