| (1) Distance Learning on the Road If you're traveling away from home this Thanksgiving, be sure to have a back up internet connection. Your great aunt's house from the 20s may not be hooked up with Wi-Fi, but you can find a lot of places around... |
| (2) This Week's Distance Education Quote "Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom." - Albert Einstein... |
| (3) 30 Skills that Merit Life Experience Credit Don’t think you have any skills that merit life experience credit? Think again. If presented properly, any of these talents or activities may be worthy of instant credit.... |
| (4) Accreditation Basics Are you trying to decide on a distance learning school for next semester's courses? The #1 thing to look for in an online school is its accrediation. Learn the basics before you even consider giving your time and money to... |
| (5) Term Paper Help Get an early start on this semester's term papers. This extensive list of 25 online resources can help you decide what to write, learn how to write it, and give you the information you need to make your paper shine.... |
| (6) 4 Ways to Balance Family and School The days and weeks before Thanksgiving are often full of family: traveling relations stop by with well wishes, kids fill the house after school lets out, and celebrations bring dozens of distant relatives together. It can be hard to concentrate... |
| (7) This Week's Distance Learning Quote "We are living in a world, where what we earn is a function of what we learn." -Bill Clinton... |
| (8) How to Stay Motivated During the Holidays Halloween is just over and already everyone is talking about the holidays. People are booking their Thanksgiving flights and sending out invitations. Some stores even have their Christmas tree displays up! The holidays are an exciting time, but don't let... |
| (9) 5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Online Exercise Class There’s been a lot of media buzz about the viability of online exercise classes these past couple weeks. No doubt, physical education is one of the trickiest subjects to study through the net. When you only have yourself to compete... |
| (10) British Library and MSN to Put Thousands of Books Online Need to do some research for your online courses? Soon you'll be able to browse the pages of non-copyrighted books on MSN's new Book Search service. MSN's plans to compete with Google's similar program were recently announced - their beta... |
| (11) This Week's Distance Learning Quote "The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge." -Elbert Hubbard... |
| (12) Beware of Fake Schools Watch out this Halloween. There's nothing scarier than finding out all your hard work has been for naught. Dozens of online schools appear legitimate but do nothing to back their claims of providing you with a meaningful education and a... |
| (13) 10 Ways Earning an Online Degree Can Enrich Your Life We’re quickly approaching the winter slump – that dreadful time when everyone is anxiously awaiting holiday breaks and no one wants to do their work. If your feet start dragging, give yourself a wake up call by considering the ways... |
| (14) Stanford on iTunes Offers Free Lectures Stanford (off-site link) is now offering lectures, interviews, and other academic content to the general public. Download the material for free with iTunes and listen to it anywhere. Related: Free Online Courses... |
| (15) Hawaii Students Take Class Via iPod Students at the University of Hawaii at Manoa are taking distance learning mobile with one of the first iPod classes (off-site link). Instead of studying material online, these students download lectures through iTunes podcasts and listen anywhere with required iPods.... |