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Entrepreneurs and Celebrities Use Kickstarter for Funding 25 Jul 2013 | 09:32 pm
Kickstarter has been a successful crowdfunding option for potential entrepreneurs to garner cash. However it has not been without some issues. According to The Wall Street Journal article The Troubl...
Researchers Debate Importance of Introverts Acting like Extroverts 24 Jul 2013 | 10:14 pm
Several courses I teach include discussion regarding the importance of understanding personality preferences. Students often take personality tests to determine their “type”. Part of their type incl...
Millennial Student Entitlement Issues 24 Jul 2013 | 12:56 am
The word Millennials is used to describe adults born between the years of 1980 and 2000. They are also known as Generation Y. Jean Twenge, author of Generation Me explained Millennials tend to be mo...
Facebook Better for Following Blogs than RSS 16 Jul 2013 | 11:03 pm
Facebook has made it so much easier to follow just about anything. RSS feeds and Twitter are still an option for many people. However, with Facebook, once someone “likes” a page, it shows up in their...
Online Classes Offer Balance 11 Jul 2013 | 10:27 pm
Online classes offer a variety of advantages for working adults who have enough on their plate without adding the stress of finding time for an education. Probably the hardest part of attending a tra...
Online vs. Traditional Faculty Demands 8 Jul 2013 | 09:47 pm
MOOCs have drawn attention to the different requirements of online vs. traditional teaching jobs. I recently watched Dr. Dani Babb’s Udemy presentation titled How to Make Money Teaching as an Online ...
A Professor’s Top 15 Book Recommendations 27 Jun 2013 | 08:59 pm
One of the hardest things I had to do when I moved was to get rid of some of my books. My house was starting to look like a Barnes & Noble. I kept the textbooks I use for my courses and a few others...
Changing the Way Students Perform Online Research 26 Jun 2013 | 09:14 pm
Google and other search engines have changed the way people locate information. The problem is that online students think of Google as a proper tool to use to perform research for assignments. Googl...
Advantages of Peer Interaction in Online Learning 25 Jun 2013 | 05:56 pm
One of the most important ways students learn in online courses is through peer-to-peer interaction. In my experience with traditional classrooms, there were far more lectures and much student involv...
Online Student Safety and Behavioral Issues 21 Jun 2013 | 04:37 pm
The online classroom may make it easier for students with personality problems or even mental health issues to go undetected. It may provide a false sense of security for some students who make frien...
