Lifelong Learning and Distance Education

China’s Ministry of Education has been promoting the concept of lifelong learning for some years. Here is the Wikipedia definition of lifelong learning:
Lifelong learning, also known as LLL, is the ‘lifelong, lifewide, voluntary, and self-motivated’ pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons.*
Although lifelong learning is not a new concept in Chinese culture, in […]

Going Back to School… Why?

Well, to be truly honest, the last thing on my mind when I graduated from UMass Amherst Isenberg School of Management was to take another class.  I was ready to be done! Senior year is always an intense year, and on top of that I was writing a thesis for the Honors program (a requirement […]

At IBM Online ‘Jam’ Session, College Students Voice Ideas for More Innovation

Thanks to an insightful piece here at Campus Technology, we learn that IBM has issued its findings from its so-called Smarter Planet University Jam which it held in April and which involved more than 1,500 students. The session, which also included faculty and business people, had a wide-ranging scope of issues, but in one […]

It’s that time again… Back to School!

But, this time I will be officially done after completing these two classes.  I met with my advisor today and she gave me the graduation clearance form, which feels so real.  I will get my MBA finally!  I’ve been working full-time and trying to complete my MBA now for almost 5 years, and it’s coming […]

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