Sunday 20 September 2015

Online Learning Replaces Traditional Learning

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The inevitability of the arrival of the modern age is truly witnessed prominently as the Simmons College have revealed its intention to turn its long 4 year traditional MBA program into an online MBA.
The students’ reaction, though, is anticipated to be strongly protesting. The college i ready for that. But the decision of the college puts it in front of the serious doubt of the financial condition of the institution.
President Helen Drinan said that the decision will reduce retirement conditions but it has to freeze the staff pay.
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The institution has only 20 new MBA student enrolled for this year. The news was announced to them in a forum.
The aim of the institution was something different and progressive. It stuck to provide MBA programs for females only at a time when the male domination in the business field was not only greater in number but also dominating in action. But the system has changed in the modern time.

According to the meeting through video viewed by the Globe, the President Drinan said at the forum
“There are just not enough women who believe that this is the right alternative for them.”

The actual financial crisis

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Actually the reason of this decision of the institution has originated from a huge lack of money. The fact is that it suffered a financial crisis of the loss of half a million dollars that turned out to be the deficit to the budget of the   college. it is also evident that the institution has suffered a significant loss due to its tuition fees as the other tuition-based institutions also did.
The all-women college’s total number of students is 5000 and the number of their online students is 1500 in the subject’s social work and nursing. A debt was tackled by the institutions as well as having a small endowment of 187 dollars. It suffered for four years until 2010.

Similar education in the online medium

The authorities of the institution is not ascribing any negative implementations to this change of the educational system from the traditional to the online on will not produce any pessimistic effect on the MBA program. It will remain the same and the cost will be unaffected. It will be $74,000 for the 18-month program. It will serve the students all over the nation and the quality of the education will be the same. 

Facing a crowd of impatient and agitated 100 businesswomen, Drinan said
“We have spent so much money on this program; we are trying and trying and trying to do everything we can.”

The students’ questions

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The students even questioned about the decision of the administers about the shift of the traditional to the online education.
The students considered the education by the Simmons College as something that can make the initial steps of women in the business world. They called the decision a ‘band-aid RIP’ and also questioned the administers that they have successfully turned the educational system.
The students are also afraid and are anxious about their degrees that can be depreciated.
online education.

The President answers

The President of the institution is hopeful and says that the change is significant. It will turn out to a more impactful strategy that will recover the financial condition of the company.

Authenticity of the institution: proved

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The authenticity of the institution is however proved by one of the candidates, Patricia Travaline, who earned an MBA in 1984 and is now placed as a marketing officer at a Boston-based Skyward inc. has said that she always found her university degree as something more than a degree.

She says
“I’m not just talking about finance and qualitative analysis. I’m talking about how to navigate an organization and knowing what it takes to get the job done.”
According to the educational system, what is needed is not the way of education but education itself. For that taking up the online MBA at the same college may prove actually healthy and not disheartening to the students and only they can understand it. 

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Friday 18 September 2015

How Did Online Education Become Popular?


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The journey of online education is inevitable and its inevitability can be recognized in its fast growing aspects that produce a healthy and effective impact on all of the aspects of the learning system and adding a lot to the definition of education. It is proved that online education is giving more innovative ways as well as interesting and effective tools to education and the aspects of these variety of characteristics not only engages the mind of the learners but also becomes a firm definition to the modern methods of the learning system’s effectiveness and newer procedures. 

The significant increase in the popularity of online education is evident when the attraction is turned towards the followers of it. People nowadays are realizing the meaning of online education as whatever it gives appears like a gift to them. Effective learning methodology, superb learning experience, skilful blend of technology and education, the mind-engaging style and the vast and unlimited world of education offered in the virtual medium has made the curious minds of the modern learners to take the hand of online education
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and to go in the path of a future where newer possibilities are waiting to welcome them. This could not have been possible without online education

This proper estimation of online education and the deep understanding of the purpose of it providing more beneficial elements to the modern learners of the world have prominently resulted in the expansion of its popularity among the seekers of the modern style of education. 

The increase in popularity can be understood better if the example of Nancy Toups, is looked at. Come, let’s take a look:

Parents Are Looking For It!

The parents are much more concerned about the both their children’s future and the future offered by the online education. As the rapidly increasing educational requirements are demanded from the children, the
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parents gradually start moving towards getting a more personalized education. And personalized education is one of the dominant factors of online education. So, the parents find online education a much healthier way of education for their children.

The Example Of Nancy Toups

In the year 1999, former public school teacher Nancy Toups started the e-learning K-12 with two other teachers. She also educated her three children in home.
Her aim was to represent not only online education but also highlight that it can lead towards individualized education in an interesting and effective way. She kept in mind that the personalized education must be productive and useful to the students than mere technological implementations.

The First Step

The teachers started there endeavor with the dream of a probable great future in their minds. With only 20
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students they started as Toups’ Thibodaux in a loft. Their dream appeared as a truth in reality as the number of the students became 1000 coming from all of the locations of the country in Thibodaux, Houma and baton range.

Recognition

The state Department of Education has given a great score to the organization. 

The Courier reported that the way of e-learning not only delivers e-learning methodology but also lets the students to study in the pace that they find comfortable to themselves.

Online Education Rises

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So, it privileges only e-learning or online learning. It will enable the learners to explore education in a new way. Education will become a quest for them. A better grasp on education as well as earning knowledge in a more prominent and effective are the examples of the influential characteristics of online education that makes it what it has become today. It has become the hope for the curious learners who seek to reach the complete fruition of education. Online education rises and its rise is the key to the door, beyond which is an amazing future. 



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Wednesday 9 September 2015

Student vibes, before Graduation, about the perks on an Online MBA

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The present day society, obviously, requires their employees to show well depth of knowledge over the concerned subject as well as effective and skilled exhibition of the technical and applicable insights of education. These mentioned abilities aim towards the firm foundation of one’s professional career. Degrees are definitely required for the access to get better employment opportunities. Adding up more degrees to one’s resume actually helps the candidate to solidify his/ her professional establishment. 

But what about the employees who want to follow education as well as incorporating a degree to strengthen and widen their job opportunities? 

There are various business courses offered by several universities but the employers cannot follow a regular course because of their jobs. 

The solution for them is the online courses that offer a varied range of business management courses.

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Online MBA course

 An online MBA course effectively helps the business professionals to enable themselves more equipped for getting better opportunities in the business field. It can provide a lot, even to an undergraduate student as it provides a number of benefits to them. It effectively builds up the professionalism in a candidate as well as giving him/her the insight of how to use the technical skills in a professional platform. It is always an advantageous aspect if you follow an undergraduate diploma in management. 

Why online MBA courses?

Before taking up an online MBA course, you need to think the purpose for which you have decided to take mentality of the students change it up. There are various different motives for an online MBA course. It differs as the Nigel Pye, assistant dean for the executive
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Nigel Pye, assistant dean for the executive masters' programs at Warwick Business School, says
"Some people are looking to get into the C-suite [the most senior executive roles], some are looking to get out of the niche area they're in and get a broader understanding of business, some are entrepreneurs who want to know how to run their own business and some are just looking for a complete career change."

Advantages of the students

The students do explore an advantageous opportunity in following the undergraduate diploma in business management. While the regular students do not have the opportunity to work or follow another extra
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education besides their traditional education, the online learners can easily follow the online course where they can easily follow a course in the online mode as well as following their traditional education or work. Added to that, they also get a privilege of their experiences which they can effectively implement, either of traditional education or of profession, in order to improve their own qualities.
Nick Greer, director of studies for the MSc in human resource management at the University of Liverpool's management school, says
"Most people are working professionals and have other commitments, so they go on when it suits them."
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Anytime and everywhere learning

It is another dominant facility of the online education. It enables the learners to be connected with education for 24-hours a day. You can follow learning anytime and anywhere as per your choice. You can follow studying in the daytime or you can pursue it in the night if you did not get to manage time in the day. An undergraduate diploma in management effectively helps the learner to follow education at the time when he finds it comfortable to study. 

Requirement from the students

The online education also requires a significant thing from the students. As it is more a form of skill-based education, it requires a strong representation of the skills of the students which eventually helps them though. It strengthens those skills of the learners which can be applied to their professional life. The undergraduate diploma in business management is not an exception. You need to demonstrate your skills in order to get an optimistic result. 

Determination makes it possible

It is eventually you, who will get the advantage of the undergraduate diploma in management if you sincerely follow it. You not only need to show your skills but also to decide and determine to follow such education. If you are successfully able to complete it, then there will be opportunities coming towards you and not towards them. 

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How Students Are Attaining Success In Open; Distance and E-Learning

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The International Council for Open and Distance Learning or the ICDE has found that open and distance learning mainly aims at the crucial purpose of the students’ success and not just providing education to them. The educational attributes are not only delivered to the students in a healthy way, but it also tries to show them the insight of the professional fields. A lot of benefits as well as a splendid opportunity to be placed at a better professional field: is what online education means to most of the learners

Let’s look at the report of ICDE that revealed how open; distance and e-learning target towards students’ success

More endeavor
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The report has stressed on the fact that the open; distance and e-learning providers are chiefly required to produce more endeavors in concentrating on the research regarding the educational matters. The providers of online education should emphasize more on the innovative aspects of education to make it efficient.

According to the report,
“There was a widespread linking of the institutional funding streams with student success, especially where government funding was made available.”
 The ignored way
It is found by the report that the correct handling and manipulation of data for increasing the support intervention strategies have always been the secret to student success. Unfortunately, according to the report, this fruitful way was ignored or not identified by the institutions and these strategies are again needed to be back to the educational system and the institutions should look forward to do it.
The ‘key research findings’ on the reports appendix revealed that the response mostly arrived from senior professionals of the educational organizations. 

Know the surroundings
The open; distance and e-learning allow the students to have a better grasp over the concept the proper scenario of the educational and professional field as well as the relation between them. It also helps the learners who does not have an idea of the background of higher education. Having knowledge over the field on which one works provides an extra advantage to them.

Supporting students’ success
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The report thinks that the organic way of dealing with the entire system of the institution leads to students’ success.

 The report says
“that is to say it must be based on the student’s whole experience of study.”
Providing the information in the pre-study phase; proper guidance; motivating the students’ mind and making them competitive are the secret to the success of the students. Added to that, the students’ mind will be more engaged to learning if the learning system consists of effective learning design and material. 

A healthy students’ support
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Support to the students is considered as another integral features aiming to the correct effectiveness of education.Students’ support is related to the experience of a student in the learning environment. The interventions should target to become universal in order to facilitate students’ support more.

Apt supply of data
The information and the educational content form one of the bases of learning. It is required that the information should be timely delivered to the learners with its proper relevance. 

Practice makes perfection
Lastly, it can be said that the fact of practicing can never be neglected if the students want success. Success becomes desirable when proper and enough are applied to practice. It will not guide, but form the success for the student.

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Effective education carries success with it
It is true that the open; distance and e-learning is such a way of education that has enough attributes of effective education. These features when applied to the students, brings a fruitful result to them as well as their success. The educational process provides the characteristics of education that becomes the reason of the future success of the students. Success depends on education and the students have got to earn the latter first to get the former.

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