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Online learning, elearning, distance education or whatever combination of words you choose, is becoming more popular among students and learners world wide. When a group of online learners where asked what they liked about taking courses only, the predominant response was that it allow for freedom to learn at your own pace. All you need [...]
This is a guest post submitted by Nancy Wood Online education is an amazing way to get a degree from anywhere in the world. But, without the opportunity to meet people in person and develop one-on-one relationships, it can be difficult to use an online degree program to make professional connections, as well. Traditional on-campus [...]
Udemy online learning platform offers a free online course to learn how to cultivate great ideas. The free course, Ideas Come From Everywhere, is by Marissa Mayer, New Yahoo! CEO, former Vice President of Google’s Search Products and User Experience. Marissa Mayer, believes that ideas for new products come from everywhere – every employee, every [...]
As the global economy continues to shift, there’s an increased demand for services in higher education. This fact, coupled with the rise of technology, is bringing many of these options online. These services are only being spurred on by the more than one billion people who have joined the middle class in the last decade. [...]
While there are several positive values from using Facebook and other social media, the overuse can be harmful to one’s health. Nicholas Carr, Author of Shallows: How the Internet Is Changing the Way We Think, Read and Remember he states that the world-wide web is turning us into scattered and superficial thinkers. Nicholas said, “I [...]
Self learning through online education is a popular trend among learners today. Anyone can learn with a computer or mobile phone and internet connection. From social media learning on Twitter, LinkedIn etc to structured online learning platforms; you are learning at you own pace. In the past, distance/online learning was a complicated alternative to tradition [...]
I Stumbled Upon this post on StumbleUpon and find it intriguing enough to share with you. Most of us have heard and known about Thomas Edison as the inventor. However, this resource has a different story about him. How about Nikola Tesla? Have you heard about him? This dude, Nikola, was said to be the [...]
If you are starting up a business or have an existing business that deserve better than it’s currently doing, creating a buzz around your product or service is vital. Social media marketing is a cost-effective method to get your small business startup to gather customers, investors and achieve success without any experience in marketing; from [...]
The Central Bank of Nigeria in conjunction with the Africa Leadership Forum instituted the Entrepreneurship Development Center (EDC) to promote entrepreneurial development among Nigerian students and graduates. On Thursday, 27 April 2012, the Graduation ceremony of the entrepreneurship development center was held at the EDC Ikeja, Lagos. The graduation ceremony is a testimony of what [...]
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