http://blog.earnmydegree.com Discussing online education, career advancement, and a wide range of tidbits. Tue, 05 May 2009 21:58:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Think you have what it takes to put the I in CSI? No, we’re not talking about ignoring your team—we mean the Investigate part of Crime Scene Investigation. It’s a tough world out there, and nobody knows it better than the people at the top of one corner the criminal ... http://blog.earnmydegree.com/heroes-of-the-job-criminal-justice-edition-csi-miami/ Obama's proposed Education budget lowers the barriers to many students seeking Pell Grants and loans for college, reports Washington University's Student Life paper: "The estimated national average grant would increase by $121 under the budget proposal, bringing the total to $3,357. Under current estimates, the proposal could increase the number of ... http://blog.earnmydegree.com/obamas-education-budget-supporting-students-not-banks/ We’re doing a comprehensive redesign of the blog, which is good news: our vision for the blog-future is grand and we’re excited about it. But it’s going to take a few months; that’s the bad news. Meantime, we’ll lightly post fun stuff and items of interest here, but most of our ... http://blog.earnmydegree.com/all-good-things-must-pause/ by Vincent Kovar If twentieth-century marketing had a problem with supply, the twenty-first is having a problem with demand. Every day new, online colleges are being established and with so much information being constantly streamed at your students, it can be difficult for them to find the classes that are right ... http://blog.earnmydegree.com/branding-your-class-part-2/ by Diego Lugli [click to enlarge] http://blog.earnmydegree.com/the-new-glory-days/ by Kate There is tons to read in college, truckloads of textbooks.  Much of it so dry and coma-inspiring that its hard to get through.  I'm not a lazy reader, one of my greatest pleasures in life is reading.  But its easy to get overwhelmed with so many un-read chapters before ... http://blog.earnmydegree.com/be-a-speedy-reader/ What if going to class was as easy as getting online? If attending lecture took no more effort than surfing the web? Well, wait, nevermind---the increasingly wide world of online education has already made that change, with demonstrable benefits to students. So let me revise the question. What if attending lecture ... http://blog.earnmydegree.com/academic-earth/ by Vincent Kovar The traditional, hour-long lecture that’s so familiar to on-the-ground undergraduates has little place in an online learning environment. However, shorter, tightly focused lecturettes can help engage learners and add some multimedia punch to your classes. You don’t need a fancy sound-studio or even a DJ friend with an ... http://blog.earnmydegree.com/making-mini-lectures/ by Vincent Kovar In the real world, people use any and probably all available references and tools to complete a given task. Yet for some reason, on-ground education has traditionally relied upon memorization and “closed-book” testing. This can create confusion, both for the instructor and the students, when moving to an ... http://blog.earnmydegree.com/online-assessment-real-world-learning-or-unseen-cheating/ In today’s latest installment of our series Heroes of the Job, we’re revisiting The Office, this time focusing on a different employee—Dwight Schrute, Assistant Regional Manager Assistant to the Regional Manager. The paper distribution viagra business moves at a lightning pace. There is no solace for wimps or quitters ... http://blog.earnmydegree.com/heroes-of-the-job-business-edition-dwight-schrute-of-the-office/