The Library: Your Hidden Gem
OK, so we’ve passed the mid-semester mark, and any midterm exams are now probably done. This means that you’re probably starting to write a term paper, or you’ve started already. Have you been to the library yet? As an online student you might think “but the library is where the books are! What value […]
On the importance of orientations…
One of the earliest topics I’ve wanted to tackle as both an observer of Higher Education and as someone who is participating in learning in Higher Education is the topic of student orientations. Over the summer many undergraduates streamed into the UMass Boston campus for undergraduate orientations. This is where they received all the pertinent […]
UMassOnline Reaches Milestone of 90 Degree and Certificate Programs Online
OK, this isn’t exactly ‘Stop the Presses’ news for the mainstream media, but this past week our 90th online program was launched. In a way, numbers can mean very little. Is a person, for example, who has seen 100 foreign countries more worldly than one who has been to fewer? Not necessarily. And, as a […]
A UMass Boston Online Professor’s Inside Look at Distance Learning
This guest post was written by Marvin Antonoff, Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics at the University of Massachusetts Boston campus.
In response to the critical need of energy for our industrial society, I’ve designed and taught Physics 134, Energy for the Future, an online course intended to provide students with an appreciation of the current situation […]
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