Questions tagged [online-learning]
Questions related to taking courses over the internet or other electronic distance-based coursework.
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How will taking upper level undergraduate courses online affect graduate admissions?
My dilemma: I'm interested in potentially going to graduate school to obtain my PhD in math with an ideal career as a professor at a research university. I entered undergrad as a computer engineer and ...
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how to finish incomplete master's degree from UCI?
I am an international student. I almost finished masters in CS @ University of California, Irvine with 2 courses as incomplete. Due to health reasons, I had to drop the school and come back to my home ...
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Is there data or research on the tradeoffs associated with allowing anonymous posting on forums like Piazza?
A large amount of research from the EdTech world finds that forums that encourage social learning, if used right, can significantly improve learning outcomes. Of course, there are downsides.
One of ...
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Effects of Game-based Learning on Motivation for Learning [closed]
I found many studies discovering the impact of game-based learning on motivation for learning.
For example, these papers
You can also find a summary of them in this book chapter.
However, it is ...
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Are there universities/institutions which offers free (or almost) recognized degrees through online coursework?
I heard that using online resources, some of the top universities like MIT (Micromasters) and Harvard are offering free online courses and specializations.
I wonder if there are institutions that ...
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How to learn advanced math and statistics at my own pace? [closed]
I have not a very strong mathematical nor statistical background. This fact has not prevented me to work in a data analysis department because of my programming skills. I know the basics of important ...
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Is the following a form of dishonesty on the part of the school? [closed]
This distance-learning school claims to be a member of a certain international academic organization . But after checking with the said organization, I found out that the school's membership have ...
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Should I make a fuss about small typos I found in a reference book?
I'm currently taking up a bachelor's degree in history at a distance-learning college. Since history is not a popular degree in that school, they don't revise their history books/ modules regularly. ...
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Is it acceptable for paid online course to use quizzes and materials from elsewhere on the internet?
This question is specifically about a high school course, but it should be applicable to any online course in general.
I was taking a physics course online to skip it in school, those courses are ...
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Online master's degree in CS at the Georgia Institute of Technology [duplicate]
I am a working student (working in software engineering) and this year I'll be completing my CS Bachelor's degree in Italy. I am doing the online degree as I can't attend lectures, due to my job.
I ...
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How important is seeing the face of the instructor?
So, I am yet to make up my mind on which is a superior mode of teaching in flipped classroom videos:
Khan academy type model where you see slides or a digital drawing board and only listen to the ...
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Can we quantify the difference made by or popularity of online learning?
How much of a change is online learning through open courseware (OCW), etc., actually making? Are there any peer reviewed studies regarding the same?
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Online courses in standard university curriculums
Does anyone know examples where online courses (or other similar eLearning methods) are currently used effectively in the curriculum of a university?
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Are distance degrees from US universities worth anything?
I'm hoping some kind people could help me from making (more) big mistakes. I've spent several years at a Canadian university, and I've gotten a good number of science and math courses under my belt. ...
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Digital media rights for online courses (US)
I've been trying to research how digital media can be lawfully utilized for online, distance-learning courses. The specific use case here would not be a MOOC or anything massive, but an online course ...
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Knowing that most students submit assignments right around the deadline, is it advisable not to set deadline that is very late at night?
Like many on this site, I use a Moodle-type online Content Management System to give assignments to my students, and receive the finished work for grading. This is in a traditional context where the ...
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What makes an online course a valuable learning experience for a student?
I just taught my first course that finished last week and I was asked to teach the same course for next semester. The only difference is that this time I will be teaching the course online.
I have ...
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Coursea.org? Comparable to actual college level credit? [duplicate]
I have the option of undertaking a Coursera.org course in An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python, which is stated to be eligable for a Fundamentals of Computing Specialization , which ...
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Why would a grad school not want me to defer admission?
I have been accepted to a fairly competitive online computer science-related graduate program (in the US). It is a part-time program geared toward working professionals. During the application process,...
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Masters by Distance Learning accepted for PhD?
I have done by B.Tech in Biotechnology couple of years ago. Since then I am working with a company on bioinformatics research. I also did 1 year PG Diploma in Bioinformatics from classroom program.
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Would an online masters degree help me to become a professor?
This question seems to indicate the answer is no but I don't know enough to see whether being accepted into a PhD program equals getting a teaching job. I attended a private four-year school at which ...
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Enroll in an online program such as Open University provides for PhD, or wait 5-10 years and enroll at a 'normal' school?
I have a BSc and an MS. My GPAs for both are pretty good. I'd like to start doing more advanced coursework, though there are a couple of things impeding that at the moment. The first is, I work ...
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How can a distance education student get a copy of the lecture notes?
I am a distance education student at a Parisian university, and I am currently preparing for the exam in a research-level mathematics course.
While on-campus students have attended the lectures and ...
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Is there any system that enables online office hours?
Can anyone comment on their own implementation of online office hours, ideally with the following characteristics:
Free. (I'm happy to install software on my own server if needed)
Allows for live ...
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How can I convince the university to apply security upgrades to the online learning system?
In my university, we've been using Moodle for many years (>5y). There was a general negative opinion on the Moodle for very different reasons, from "it's ugly" to "it's not up to date", going through "...
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Are free online courses worth anything? [duplicate]
There’s a lot of non-traditional ways to learn science without actually going to college. MOOC is the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear of free and certified learning. But are MOOCs worth ...
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Why don't typical US colleges offer more online courses? [closed]
Why don't typical US colleges offer more online courses so that all of the classes could be taken online?
Online courses are cheaper, more profitable and more efficient to produce quantity of student(...
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Are there any resources to find modern (or effective) assignment types, knowledge control techniques?
I'm participating in creating blended (online/offline) courses. Faced a problem of inventing well-designed assignments/assessments. There are already quizzes, essays valuated by teacher, webinars/live ...
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Why might professors in an online masters program give fewer assignments and less feedback than those in an in-person program?
When I was a graduate business student some 20 years ago in a major state university in south central US, my general impression was that almost all professors, with very few exception, were spending ...
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Mentioning courses taken on coursera.org in the statement of purpose
Is it of any value to mention a course one is following on www.coursera.org, in a SOP?
For instance, if I have a Bachelor of Computer Science and want to apply for a Geoinformatics Master program, ...
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Online Computer Science Degree
I read that Georgia Tech recently created a MOOC for CSCI, and I am interested in this program.
Has anyone done this program? there is not much information regarding the online degrees.
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Is it possible to get a master's in speech language pathology online or part-time?
I am currently looking into a possible career change as a speech language pathologist. Is it possible to get a masters in SLP online? Or are there any part time programs that would allow me time for ...
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Should I include having taken free online courses without credit or certificate in an application for a master's programme?
I just finished my Bachelor in Psychology and the master's programmes I am interested in pursuing require some experience with at least one programming language. Of course, at no point in my studies ...
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Why is online course enrollment limited to specific times when a course is offered?
Online course providers like edX and coursera offer free courses, but you can only take/enroll the courses at specific times of the year (not any time). Why is that? If you just want to learn ...
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What to do when online instructor not giving meaningful feedback on research project?
I am enrolled in an on-line graduate course (US public university). I do not live near the campus, so I cannot attend office hours (which aren't even offered).
For 3 months, I've been working on a ...
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Should departments have a policy regarding updating online resources?
My department has gone paperless and uses Moodle to provide all information to students in an electronic format. With a paper based syllabus the expectations were cast in stone (okay ink on paper). ...
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How can I get back on track after falling behind on my online courses? [closed]
I need some advice on how to catch up on my online courses. I have gotten really far behind on my work and lack the motivation to keep going. This my second year taking online courses and it seems ...
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Is it possible to do a cheap or free online or distance Ph.D. program? [closed]
Is it possible do to an online or distance Ph.D. program at all?
If so, are there ones that are cheap or free?
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What is the best way to start learning a new course?
For learning new courses by one's self is it better
to read the related text
to attend online courses such as from sites like Coursera
to combine the two
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Can international students study via distance without applying for a visa?
If an international student wants to study in a US degree program (AA, BA, MA, PhD, etc.), but entirely on-line while living in their home country, and without ever entering the US, can they skip all ...
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Will doing my CS PhD by distance learning make it harder to get a job as a professor?
I've seen very reputable universities such as Georgia Tech and Berkley, to name a few, offering MSc degrees in Computer Science through distance learning. However, I'm not seeing the same distance ...
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Best strategy to learn programing for graduate research data analysis in biology
I'm actually asking this question on behalf of a sibling who's pursuing a PhD in Biology. While I'm a Mechanical Engineering student and am "computer-savvy" and experienced in learning programming ...
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Are there forum-like collaborative Q&A/Annotation tools out there? [closed]
I’m teaching an introductory programming course using the Moodle platform and I find that the forums are not used as extensively as they could be. Especially, students ask duplicated questions, have a ...
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Entering academia as a high school dropout
I have a strong desire and determination to contribute to society by expanding the knowledge in my field of interest, but I feel that I am failing to get into a position to fulfill this dream. This is ...
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Are there any undergraduate research programs available online? [duplicate]
Is there something like an undergraduate research programme (given by a good institution) in mathematics/theoretical physics which provides a research opportunity in which I can collaborate online and ...
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How do I encourage learning to an underprivileged group
Some faculty members are required to perform service to the community. Providing free education that improve societal value is one of the many ways to deliver the service. However, we recently are ...
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