Archive for February, 2009

It is again that time of the year when men go hunting around for mushy stuff and women bring out their red or pink party gowns. As I was searching the net for Valentine’s Day gift ideas, I came across this interesting article on the Directory of Schools website. The article analysis how Online Education can enhance one’s love life. The ideas and suggestions are simply wonderful and I thought it would be good to ponder on them a bit.

Anytime:

What every relationship requires is quality time spent in communication of love. This is very difficult in case you pursue a regular degree at a university. The demands of campus time, lab classes, etc. make sure you have no time left for romance. Even otherwise, all this coupled with the travel time makes sure that you are too drained for cuddling.
However, an Online Degree eases your love life. It nullifies travel time and campus time, thereby giving you an opportunity to strengthen your romance.

Anywhere:

Another big advantage of Online Learning is that you don’t have to be at a particular place to pursue your learning. Whether you are in Singapore, Maldives, Mauritius or Himalayas, you can continue your learning as long as you have a computer and an internet connection. So, you no longer have to drop out of a romantic vacation in the Hawaii for the sake of education.

In ‘Teaching Children to Love’, Doc Childre says,

“Harmonizing heart and brain through love is what can establish a complete intelligence, a complete self, where a child can look at life and realize there are no dead ends, there are always possibilities.”
As long as you have the foundation for a strong relationship based on love and laughter, there are always possibilities on making it work – be it through online education or otherwise. What is needed is an understanding of the emotions of another and communicating your feelings.

When you are doing your late night or weekend studies, tell your love that it is for your bright future together. Similarly, the other party can also try and convey love by making those cookies or hot chocolate when the studying partner is breaking the head over project work.

Remember as Luciano de Crescenzo rightly said,

Online Education

Education and learning had been restricted to a chosen few who had the privilege of attending regular colleges. Most of those aspiring students who intended to proceed with their college education where deprived of their opportunity to complete their studies due to either financial constraint or health problems or due to uncontrollable circumstance. Education over the net in short removed those serious hurdles which stopped students from completing their education.

Why Students Prefer Online Institutions To Regular Colleges?

Following reasons are attributed to the fact that students prefer online education over regular colleges.

• Regular colleges possess limited seats restricting the number of students who wish to pursue their graduation in a particular field or subject.
• Online colleges do not require students to travel from one place to another offering them the convenience of working from home or office.
• There are no strict regulations with regard to class timings, students can log into the online classes anytime of the day.
• Students can complete their course according to their pace of learning.
• Exams and other testing procedures are conducted effectively and efficiently.
• Students are in a position to attend to the lectures of eminent faculties at far of places over the net.
• They have an interactive platform enabling them to pose questions and seek clarification for their doubts.
• Classes are conducted by eminent faculties who are known for their knowledge and expertise.

How Does An Online Degree Offer Students a Career Path?

Those students who could not continue their education due to job commitments are in a position to continue their education without disturbing their work schedule and move up their career ladder. They get a chance to choose among wide variety of courses, where they choose to change their career path or seek for specialization for a better job prospect.

Cautions While Choosing Online Degree Programs

These online institutions are virtual college campuses which cannot be verified. Hence it is important to go for accredited institutions recognized by regional institutions and department of education in order to believe the functioning and existence of these institutions. There are a number of predatory institutions those which aim at cashing the genuine need of students and those which offer poor quality education. Hence it is important to a take an informed decision in this regard.

Why Are Students Shifting Towards Online Educational System?

Though initially such institutes where aimed for the benefit of students who cannot attend to regular colleges, the benefits of online educational programs have attracted many students who can afford to go a regular college. The view point of online institutions from being an alternative to regular college is now competing regular colleges. Thanks to the advent of technology which had made a dream come true.

Do you still opt for regular colleges? If so, please write to us your view point.

Online Education – A blessing to the deprived

College campus is the place where young faces come and learn to become experts in their field of study, together with the lesson life has to offer them over the time they spend in the campus. It is indeed a wonderful experience which every student looks forward to enjoy and learn. No matter how hard the subjects are, the campus offers the best of entertainment and ability to see the better side of life.

Students! Are you aware of fact that there are a number of aspiring candidates who are deprived of their opportunity to have a college education or say they are not in a position to take up a regular college study? So what are they up to? Will dream never come true? Will they ever get a chance to study?

As an answer to a number of questions and a solution to the frequently encountered problem comes the Online Education. A number of online institutions and universities have come up catering to the needs of the students who otherwise are not in a position to undergo a regular course of study.

Choice of Online University Campus

A virtual university campus or the Online University Campus is a place where students from different environments and varying requirements get a chance to study the course of their choice. Given the rise in the number of institutions that offer these online courses, a virtual college campus is a dream comes true for students irrespective of their age and background.

Finishing your college degree through virtual classes offers you the benefit of anytime study. This is essential in today’s environment where you wish to study in a busy work life atmosphere. If you are interested in pursuing your choice of study you can do it anytime and anywhere. With the growing benefits offered by online education, students are attracted towards virtual study program. While the benefits offered by Online Education are on the rise, a regular college education carries its own merits.

It is inspite of the significant advantages students are shifting towards Distance Learning. Lower cost of education, convenient study timings, zero transportation cost, study by capacity and wide choice of education are significant advantages of online education.

These universities allow students to complete their education in accordance with their capacity to finish their study modules, which enables completion of their courses earlier or later to the regular degree course. In order to make online education more interesting these virtual university campuses offer advanced user friendly features enabling online interaction and discussion forums. In short they are equipped to bring alive a regular university campus.

Edge over regular College Goers

Students who opt for Online Degree are at a greater advantage than the regular students, for you get to attend to the best of lectures from distant locations at the convenience of your home or office. You avoid embarrassments of studying with students of different age groups in a traditional college and gain in terms of online lectures and teaching modules which are foregone by students taking up distant education programmes whose exposure to such lectures are restricted to contact classes which are conducted once in a way.

I am sure that with this you have a better idea and understanding of an online educational environment. If you think I have missed out on any important issue kindly participate and let us know your comments on Online University Education.

Online Colleges

I met an old friend of mine yesterday at the coffee shop. Her name is Sophia. A very good friend of mine whom I lost contact with some years ago. But yes she is one those most studious girls in the class. Her eye for detail astonishes me greatly. Given her a job she does it extremely well and finds out what it takes to do it better. It was only on a chat with her that I learned about Online Degree Colleges. She had to quit her college studies to support her family and has made it big in her job with online degrees that allowed her to work and study as well. It was an unexpectedly long chat. She was telling me about how online colleges enables a person to study at any time of the day and from anywhere in the world. The study by capacity concept that allowed students complete their courses at their own pace supported with Online Lectures delivered by eminent professors. Interactive forum for the benefit of students to clarify their doubts and seek clarifications. It was wonderful solution for anybody who wishes to study when they are way past their college days.

Fraudulent Colleges

As she was telling me she also spoke about the need to verify the legitimacy of the colleges under review. I believe with the emergence of a number of illegitimate online course providers, whose aim is to offer a degree for money has become a serious threat to those students who are genuinely looking forward to make a career. It is both waste of time and money where your real need is cashed and you are ditched with a lifeless degree certification which has neither meaning nor recognition. She was talking about a term called Diploma Mills. She said those colleges which offer degree for money or those that which offer a affordable course curriculum, which can be completed at a ridiculous time frame are normally classified as Diploma Mills. If I can recollect well she was talking about a check list that will help you save falling prey to such fraudulent colleges.

Check points to avoid falling prey to imposters

Sophia was simply fabulous the way she jotted down the points in a lightening speed, let me try and put them down

• Be clear on the course of education you wish to take up and focus your search on colleges offering them.
• Check for the accreditation from the US department of education and other regional council, in their respective list published every year.
• Get opinions from the past pupil who had been through the course curriculum.
• Always go for reputed colleges.
• Age old colleges always have a name in the industry.
• Study the curriculum to check for a genuine and feasible course structure
• Check for the basis on which such degrees are offered, if it is based on your experience or any other consideration other than studying and passing exams, be sure they are diploma mills.

The discussion ended as she had to leave to catch up for an appointment for a client. Don’t you think my friend was fabulous? Are there any more friends in the forum who have better details and experience, please do share it? May be we can catch with another episode of coffee shop.

The year 2009 is indeed a very challenging year. With a severe blow on the economy people are seriously looking for safe destinations. Every one of us will be eager to know which profession offers job security irrespective of the changes in the economy. Again, not all sectors can remain independent of the money market. They will face a blow when there is an economic downturn.

Knowing the most preferred degrees based on their performance is essential to meet up with the challenges of offered by the economy. Economic performance and industry performance are dependent on each other rather in a direct proportion. The analysis is no way meant to demean other professions. It is just that in the given circumstance who can survive and why? It is upto to the readers to make a choice.

The following analysis is based on the statistics provided by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Given below are a list of professions of interest and steady performance together with the eligibility and earnings.

• Medical Profession
  • General Physician: Physician make more than around $140,000 every year. It is considered one of the most lucrative professions in the world. You make an entry with a bachelor degree in the field of general medicine.
  • Psychic and Mental Heath Counselors: Counseling is one of the best selling profession for the treating the emotional disorders of patients who are otherwise successful professional. With a degree in the said field you can expect for an annual income of around $45,000 with a steady increase in the choice of profession.
  • Animal Health Professionals: Otherwise called as the Veterinary Technologist and animal health experts, it is one of the most paying professions with an earning of $40,000 every year. A degree in veterinary science makes Pet Care is lucrative job where people are prepared spend money on their performing and public display animals.
  • Dentist: They are in the top 20 in the list of best performing professions of Bureau of Labor Statistics. With earnings ranging from around $60,000 to $90,000 this is one of the most paying professions.
  • Physic Therapist: Forming part of the top 30 medical professions therapist make around $70,000 to more than $100,000 every year. A master’s degree in the field is sure to place you in the list of top earners.

• Science and Technology
  • Network Systems: Highest paying field with a whopping six figure salary. You need a minimum of associate degree to enter the field.
  • Data and Communication Experts: These experts are anyway paid from around $40,000 to $100,000 is the fastest rising profession with a more than 50% increase in a decade.

• Finance Profession
  • Financial Advisors: A six figure career group well known for its industry wide requirement from individual to organization level requires a minimum entry requirement of bachelors degree followed by management or masters degree. Figures in the top 10 list of best paying professions.

You are invited to offer your views, share your experience and highlight note worthy points that will be of use to those who intend to get help and guidance in making a career choice.