More Advice Against Diploma Mills

In a Telegram.com Q&A column entitled, “Don’t go diploma mill route,” Tribune Media Services writer Joyce Lain Kennedy equates the worst of these sinister institutions to Dracula rising up from, as she writes, the nether regions every few years to stalk Web-land gullibles.
Then she shares an email she received from one of these counterfeit operatives. […]

Online Learning Brings Young Students Back to the Library

Here’s a surprising stat:
Young adults are the heaviest users of public libraries despite the ease with which they can access a wealth of information over the Internet from the comforts of their homes, according to a new study.
That’s from this news item found in the Star-Gazette by Anick Jesdanun of The Associated Press who is writing about […]

Fellow Distance Learners Make a Difference Says Blogger

Here at a site called the Open Education Network Blog, student Paul Kawachi writes:
“Dear Folks, It has been a very busy year for everyone. Thanks must go to colleagues studying at West Georgia together with me - my overall conclusion is that in distance education particularly - it is the students that make the learning […]

Just Another Glossary of Distance Learning Terms?

This link takes you to a glossary of distance learning terms and concepts. It’s not an exhaustive list, but mostly interesting because of the source. It’s offered by the World Bank. At first glance I didn’t make an immediate connection but after taking a peek around the site, makes perfect sense. The World Bank is […]

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