Archive for the ‘Open Learning’ Category

Online Course Accessibility:A Call for Responsibility and Necessity

There is becoming an increasing population of online learners with disabilities worldwide; a large percentage of the online learners reside within the United States. In addition to revised legal mandates stipulating equal access to education and the surge of assistive technologies available to individuals with disabilities, distance education institutions are facing the call for action […]

Defending Dropping Out of School

Homework and tests and all that stuff distracted him from serious thought about what kind of a person he wanted to be and what he wanted to do with his life. Read the Full Article

Unsupervised teen net use rises

At least half of those interviewed by the independent Schools Health Education Unit said they never had adult supervision. Read the Full Article

Adult education enrollment dips

Adult education can mean anything from a one-night class in summer cooking to six weeks of algebra for a high school diploma, but in all its forms, adult education is proving to be much affected this summer by the sluggish economy.Read the Full Article

Outlook: Learning business English online

The move to use English as the medium of instruction for mathematics and science in schools will prepare the future workforce to communicate more effectively in the business and professional world.Read the Full Article

Finance A Nontraditional Education

The budget’s looking slim. Not only are your kids growing more and more expensive to feed and clothe, but they’re nearing college age. And you, too, want to pursue higher education. How can you possibly finance all of this without draining your savings? Read the Full Article

Catching up on education, via web

Officials of the e-TQM College, based in Dubai Internet City (DIC), yesterday said its customised e-learning approach caters to the basic and advanced learners ensuring quality. Read the Full Article

GMA launches distance learning program

The said program will make use of television facilities put up in areas bereft of classrooms and teachers. The new system will be supervised by a Bureau of Non-Formal Education.Read the Full Article

Classrooms filled with returning adults

They’re returning to the classroom because it’s hard to make the grade in this fierce job market without a diploma. But going back can also be a Herculean challenge. Workers are juggling early-morning business meetings with term papers. Read the Full Article

The self-made lawyer

Divorced and with two grown sons, a business background, and a fixer-upper house in Hardwick, Vt., Pamela Stonier lives a lifestyle that tells of the possibilities in 21st-century America. Read the Full Article