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April 21, 2010 in Display Name..., Study Tips by miss-jones

The My Jotter Social Network has been specially developed for you so that you can interact with other students and educators, reaping the benefits of their knowledge, insights and advice.

This network should help you enormously when you are trying to digest information and ideas and should help you to prepare for your assignments and exams.

All you need to do is get involved.  If you have a specific interest or are currently studying a particular topic you can join the specific group to share experiences.

There are many benefits

  • Speaking with students who are studying the same course can be a great motivation if you feel a little overwhelmed with things, or if you’re feeling a bit stressed out with the workload.  You’re never alone and getting involved can give you that ‘boost’ and encouragement to go the distance.
  • If you are stuck on a particular issue, you have a network of ‘friends’ to whom you can turn to for help and advice.  They will be able to share their thoughts and help set you in the right direction, by sharing course notes and information. They may also suggest ideas which you had not previously considered! Likewise you can do the same for them!  Explaining a concept or knowledge of a specific subject matter to others helps reinforce your own understanding of it – this is a great confidence booster.
  • Your study ‘friends’ can help you to adopt good study habits which you will find very useful.
  • Interacting with others who are studying the same topics can make the course much more enjoyable – let’s face it, studying in isolation can be a little boring.  It’s great to meet like minded people and get inspiration from them.  You may end up becoming life long buddies with some of your study group members, and perhaps stick around to assist the next wave of students coming through.

We hope that you make the most of this unique network and that you reap all the benefits for becoming a member!

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Pros & Cons of Online Learning

March 16, 2010 in Distance Learning by Dave McCullough

I think we should be thankful to internet for providing us another option for education, online education. Considering those people who are not able to earn a degree via regular classroom based colleges, online degree is a best option.  Some people are well suited to it, while others find that traditional classrooms work better for them. But, there are few pros’ & Cons of online learning. Online Learning is a type of distance learning in which student and teacher interact with each other via the message board, chat, emails, and schedule web-meeting or video lecture.

One primary benefit of it is Convenience, especially for those who are working or living far from college. Other-side, many students lack face-to-face interaction, which can create problems as instructor cannot reach every student and their learning capability.

Online learning requires students to be self-disciplined, keeping up with their studies without someone holding them directly accountable. If a student lacks time-management skills or is more of a dependent learner, the absence of in-classroom contact may be considered a disadvantage of online learning.

There are many online degree programs and college in many areas like culinary courses, accounting degree and many more.

Another disadvantage of online learning is the technology we use for study. If computer or an internet connection fails, student can fail to attend scheduled lecture. Student can miss an assignment or important lecture. Online learning may work best for individuals who are computer and technology savvy.

Please give your view about this topic; I am trying to figure out the effect of online education.

Reference:
culinary courses
accounting degree
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