Online Degrees becoming more popular
Although there have been many changes in education over the years, one of the largest is the way the internet has impacted on the way that education is taught. This is particularly true when is comes to studying for a degree. In fact this area of education is growing at an incredible rate simply because [...]
April 2, 2008Exercise your brain
Like any part of the body the brain could use with some exercise every now and then, this probably sounds a lot easier to do, than it is to put into practice. But like doing any sort of exercise, this take commitment and time, but the results are well worth the effort put in.
In fact [...]
Mobiles harmful to kids
A top neurosurgeon Dr Vini Khurana has reignited the health and mobile phone health question once more. He has been awarded fourteen awards over the past sixteen years and published nearly forty scientific papers, but it is his more recent claim that mobile phones could kill more people than smoking and asbestos.
In his latest report [...]
Who wants to study engineering?
It has to be one of the most under rated subjects to learn a college or university, not because of the actual studying, it’s because what lies ahead, engineering forms the base of everything that we need and use, from roads to planes. So why is it, that college courses are not designed to add [...]
March 7, 2008An education on Second Life
People use Second Life for many different things, meeting people, making money and now you can get yourself a decent education from the many places of learning that are scattered around the SL site.
Not all of these sites offer a traditional education as in learning a specific skill or gaining a qualification, but rather a [...]
Free Tech for teachers
A great resource for the hard pressed for time teacher, is somewhere that offers great resources at great prices, in this case the resources are pretty good and in the main the price is free! Now it just doesn’t get any better than that.
At the moment there is a newish open source media player, [...]
Where to find online learning
Finding some great online learning resources can be a little tricky not to mention very time consuming, this is before being online it is pretty easy for just anyone to set up shop and start selling courses. But is this what someone looking to further their career willing to go for, after all they would [...]
February 11, 2008Expensive universities make you think
Living in the UK is expensive, and yet when it comes to education we seem to think that we are getting a raw deal, but when we a take a look at some the most expensive universities in the world then the will make people think again.
The most expensive universities in the world are:
George Washington [...]
Avoiding a large student debt
One of the worst things about finishing at the college or university is the fact that most time there will be a huge amount of money owing through a student loan or overdraft, which will need to be paid off at some stage and normally before you can afford to by a home, car or [...]
February 6, 2008Carefree studying
The way to carefree studying is the same as getting into a state of relaxation, it takes preparation and time, but once the main points have been mastered then it will soon become second nature and so the actual practice become easier.
Getting into this state of mind is the key and here are the points [...]
Cost of textbooks spirals
As with many things, what happens in the US normally follows over here sooner or later, and as this applies to education and publishing, it will probably be sooner rather than later.
It seems that the price of text books have gone up by a massive 186% since 1986! This has caused all sorts of questions [...]
Career advice should be neutral
Schools may soon be required to provide their pupils with impartial career advice, under new guidelines being discussed in the House of Commons.
This may seem like something that they would be doing anyhow, but many schools at the moment promote their own courses and different versions of qualifications. This follows a series of complaints [...]
Bogus university found by BBC
A bogus university set up in Ireland named the Irish International University (IIU) has been the subject of a BBC investigation. The university has been able to continue recruiting students, giving them a sub standard education and finally awarding degrees that are virtually worthless.
However there are over five thousand registered students worldwide all of which [...]
Learning languages online
Learning a language is pretty hard, but when you are leading a busy life, then this sort of thing get often gets left off and it ends up being one of those things that never gets done.
But there is way that a lot of people have begun to use and this does not involve having [...]
How to win
Most of us have seen people use the “Rock, Paper or Scissors” scenario in TV programmes and films for the characters to decide who goes first into the line of fire so to speak, but this method of deciding what to do, has been used in business, in fact recently a wealthy art collector could [...]
December 14, 2007Learning photography
Apparently as with any subject, especially a subject that can be regarded as a hobby or as a career there are many changes in the way this is taught and by whom, but in photography this is not the way, the fundamentals are the same as they always have been, the use of light, shade [...]
December 5, 2007File sharing give University problems
When US Universities and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) formed an alliance to try and stop students from downloading files from illegal sources, it was thought of as being a sensible move, but this alliance has created some problems for the Universities.
The software toolkit provided was supposed to detect and prevent an illegal [...]
Experiments seen online
Chemistry students can see experiments being conducted on videos that are available online; this is a great idea and an excellent resource for students and teachers to use, which will compliment the lesson without the need to spend all of time needed to set experiments.
SciVee.com has been created by pharmacologist Phil Bourne from UC San [...]
Excuses to dropout of college
Dropping put of college does not necessarily mean that the student cannot cope or is failing; there are some rather surprising excuses which crop up when students return home after walking out on their studies.
These are:
Feeling homesick
Schedule is too demanding
Not prepared
Family problems
Financial Pressure
Too much partying
Cannot fit in
Chosen wrong course
Having to work
Don’t like accommodation
So it would [...]
Social Networking or Social Position?
Despite what people are saying, it would appear that certain social networking sites have a certain following from different groups; this can be made up by education, religion and race. So when we are told that the student’s first choice for a social networking site is Facebook this may not be entirely right, because according [...]