Archive for the ‘Open Learning’ Category

Distance learning reaches Rush County

Although the Rushville Community Center has been on hold awaiting the availability of Build Indiana Funds, one of the needs identified in a community survey is being met. Questionnaires completed by Rush County residents revealed that one of the biggest needs here is adult education opportunities.Read the Full Story

Active troops finding time for class

Like others, Dunlop earned his bachelor of arts degree from the suburban Chicago, Illinois, school by taking child development and psychology courses, but he did it via CD-ROM, often doing homework on his laptop after a 12-hour work shift in Japan.Read the Full Story

Special report: Home schoolers form support network, but some say students lack social skills

“They’re very excited to be here and meet other kids,” Shiela Raker said.Read the Full Story

Homeschool couple shares tips for avoiding burnout

But the lessons they’ve learned they gladly pass along to others, including:Read the Full Story

Distance Education – the Future of Independent Learning

Today, wider acceptance of alternative education methods, The Internet and our desire for convenience have opened the doors of many colleges to worldwide students of all ages. Read the Full Story

Self-Esteem and Adult Learning

One frequently discussed problem in the educational field is the incidence of low self-esteem in children as a result of family problems or other external factors. Self-esteem problems can be a major cause of learning difficulties as well as a hindrance to children who already suffer from inborn learning disabilities(1). However, the problem of deficient […]

Why I Homeschool My Child

We now have about 130 members in North Carolina and over 200 families in the national organization. Read the Full Story

Home for school

“It was hard to pay attention,” he said. “I really wasn’t learning anything — a lot of distractions.” Read the Full Story

The Marine Corps College of Continuing Education

The Expeditionary Warfare School, formerly known as the Amphibious Warfare School, and Command and Staff College seminar programs are scheduled to begin at Camp Pendleton in October, said Jeffrey R. Willis, Camp Pendleton’s regional coordinator.Read the Full Story

Conference highlights home-school benefits

“The battle for our children’s souls is a war,” Shelly Hendry of His Image Ministries in Clarksville, Va., said at the Northern Virginia Home Education Conference near Tysons Corner. “We’re like those firefighters [on September 11] who walked into those flames to do a rescue.” Read the Full Story