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Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
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How to Do Research Online (Without Ever Stepping
Foot in a Library!)
Dear Dr. Moppsie,
I am at my wits' end. I am taking a first-year composition course and I had to write a research paper. I did research, quoted the material, cited my sources, and got an ...
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Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
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Top Tech Gadgets for the Online Learner
Dear Dr. Moppsie,
I am totally hooked on Twitter. In my opinion, it's the best way ever to get the word out and to let people know what's going on. I wish I could use it with my online class. Do you know of any ways ...
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Dr. Moppsie Responds to a Terrified Student
Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
Dear Dr. Moppsie,
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Math Courses
I'm thrilled that you've started answering e-learning questions, and are willing to give excellent tips that will help me succeed. I appreciate it because I'm terrified. I have been avoiding math as long ...
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Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
When Brender was just 18 months old, Liza, his mom, knew something was very different about him. While other toddlers would interact with each other at the day care center, Brender would not. He would not look at the other children, nor would he smile. When anyone tried to move him from his place, or take away ...
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Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
If the path to your online degree requires a great deal of interaction on a discussion board, you probably enjoy it. It's a great place to get to know your fellow e-learners, and it helps you keep from feeling that you're absolutely alone in the e-learning space. At the same time, if you have questions, ...
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Top Ten New Directions in E-Learning
Susan Smith Nash,
Ph.D.
Improvements in
connectivity, technology, and infrastructure are changing the way that online
programs are approaching e-learning. The philosophy of e-learning is evolving
as well, and the activities that you’ll be asked to do are changing. ...
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Thinking About E-Learning? Thoughts for New E-Learners
Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
You may have been considering online courses for a long time, but have not been ready to take the plunge. Everyone likes to feel very confident about a new endeavor, and you realize that believing yourself able to succeed is crucial in education. Of ...
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By Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
Does it surprise you that your online instructor is able to relate to you so closely as an individual learner? It sometimes feels almost like a tutor relationship. It's much closer and more effective than the traditional classroom, where it is typical to see a professor holding forth to a large classroom, or a ...
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By Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
To gain insight into your personality, learning styles, and approaches to knowledge acquisition, it is very useful to take a look at the work that researchers have done in finding out how people learn. In general, they have found that people tend to have different preferences. Although people learn in many different ...
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By Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
Whether you are new to eLearning, or have taken numerous courses over the years from different institutions, it is always good to take a look at the courses you are taking and to map out a strategy that will allow you to complete the required work and to succeed.Learning Objectives and Structure of the Course1. — ...
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By Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
"We had started calling the program the "The Revolving Door," because things had gotten so bad. Students would take a few classes, disappear, and then reappear. We never had any idea why." Kelsen, the manager of the department's online programs was describing the situation in the office. The ...
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By Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
Does your learning style make a difference in eLearning? If you are new to eLearning, you may be surprised to find that the way you learn in an online course is slightly different than in a face-to-face environment. Non-verbal communication plays a much more vital role in a face-to-face environment, and group ...
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By Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D. If we don't add more energy sources, we'll be in the dark by 2020. That's what at least one study has concluded, and it has also pointed out that unless people start studying to become alternative energy experts (wind, geothermal, solar), the shortage of qualified personnel will contribute to the nationwide ...
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By Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
Why do students who seem to be off to a great start in their online courses seem to crash and burn? How is it that the students you though would never make it actually graduate early, and with great grade points? The answer is not an easy one. Why? Achieving success in an online program is much more complicated than it ...
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By Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
You've probably heard about mobile learning, and have even wondered how you can use your iPod, cell phone, PDA, or other portable device to work with your traditional face-to-face class, or your online course. However, you may have a few questions about how and why mobile learning is starting to edge its way into ...
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By Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
It can be unclear to the consumer which type of accreditation really matters most, especially when the degrees involve professional programs or skills. In some cases, regional accreditation is actually less important than receiving accreditation from the agency designated by the U.S. Department of Education. In the case ...
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By Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
You may have decided that the most effective way to get a nursing degree is to take courses online. However, the situation may not be quite as positive as you had hoped. You aren't sure how or where to begin, and the isolation you may be feeling could be quite daunting. How can you get started? How to succeed? Here ...
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By Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
The change in the way e-learners are starting to approach their educational experience is not really about the technology, even though that's definitely the core. What it's really about is the way we think about how to learn with and from each other. Peer reviews, immersion, collaboration, sharing, instant ...
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By Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
From 2002 until 2007, more than 4,000 institutions of higher education of all types, public/private/non-profit/ for-profit responded to surveys from the Sloan Consortium, which were published in the Sloan online learning reports (Sloan-C, Online Nation, 2007). The questionnaires inquired about the nature of their online ...
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By Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
Conventional wisdom holds that college enrollments surge during economic downturns because there is a low opportunity cost for the student and diversification/skill building.
In addition, the belief has held steady that as the structure of economies change, individuals return to college in order to retool and diversity ...
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By Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
Debbie never expected that online classes would allow her to take the college courses she had always dreamed of taking, but could not, because of her rheumatoid arthritis.
At 45, she had already had one hip replacement, and her doctor was recommending that she replace the other hip within the next year. Traditional ...
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By Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
Chances are, you've taken advantage of the companion Web site provided by your textbook, and you've probably enjoyed the game-based approach to flashcards, multiple choice, and other interactive tasks. In your course, you may have gotten involved in a role-playing game (in Second Life™, or even ...
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By Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
Simulations and serious games have been employed for many years in the health industry. Because role-playing, labs, and clinicals have been a part of nursing and health education from the inception of teaching programs at hospitals, it has been a natural step to create CD-ROM simulations and to use videos and ...
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By Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
We've all read about the current explosion in childhood obesity rates. Many blame it on fast food and hormone-laced milk, while others blame obesity on video games. There is no doubt that a sedentary lifestyle coupled with poor eating habits leads to overweight.
According to the Federal Interagency Forum on Child ...
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By Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
We often think that the future of e-learning is all about the technology. Others suggest it's about making sure individuals are retooling themselves for future professions and jobs.
Both are true. But, they overlook the fact that social conditions are the real determinant of how, where, and if people in a nation ...
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