Questions tagged [online-learning]
Questions related to taking courses over the internet or other electronic distance-based coursework.
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Am I experiencing discrimination from my professor, and if so, how can I safely go about this? [closed]
Edited for privacy reasons, my apologies. This has been resolved and I am getting good grades now. No longer e-mailing her/not asking for advice helped my situation. The issue, I’m pretty sure, was ...
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What indicates instructors' experience in online technology? [closed]
My research is qualitative; it aims to explore the experience of EFL instructors about online teaching. What potential semi-structured interview questions about experience towards online technology ...
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In which cases does my employer get informed?
I was thinking of attending a Harvard Online Certificate, but I saw these:
https://online.hbs.edu/legal/ that it says about in which cases my employer gets informed.
So, what I want to ask is this:
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Carrying out tests which would give a degree [duplicate]
With the Internet having more and more data every day, a lot of which is science-related, a kind of test could be used to give a degree for someone who knows a lot.
The questions of the test would be ...
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What's the purpose of 1-week, 2-week, 10-week..."X-week"... (online) professional certificates?
What's the purpose of 1-week, 2-week, 10-week..."X-week"... (online) professional certificates? I mean, they cost money, right(?) Where do they find implementation? Where can they be used?
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How useful are professional certificates for graduate program applications?
I'm a third-year undergraduate student, preparing to apply for Ph.D. programs in physics (and aiming to do research in theoretical physics). I'm planning to graduate with a double major in mathematics ...
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Points to focus on while making a video of an online teaching demonstration for a university teaching position application
I've applied for a mathematics teaching position at a university, and as part of the application process, I'm supposed to submit a video of my teaching. The exact guideline says:
"Select a small ...
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Baffled by online professor's response to my weekly reflections journal [closed]
I'm attending university 100% online. I have the same professor for three classes, which are all structured the same way. Every week there is assigned reading, videos, and a discussion board post with ...
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How to network with professors when not attending a univeristy
My story is a long one to tell, so I will just say my current situation and leave out how I got here. I am interested in studying mathematics but I do not have the opportunity to attend a university ...
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Online Education in a Civilization of Scarce Energy [closed]
In the context of a transition to lower energy consumption, one considers, among other things, the energy consumption of the Internet. Among the various uses of the Internet, it seems that the ...
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What are some tips to get more out of long pre-recorded lectures?
I am seeing some online lectures and it seems so that my attention is decaying quite fast as time progresses in the lecture. Most lectures I find on the internet are 1hr yet the the time I can focus ...
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Is online education really free? [closed]
Hi i am from a developing country but for some reasons can't reach the university for now and i want to know if i really can have access to (let's say) a developed country grade education (solid bases)...
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Is a professor allowed to take off points for an assignment they messed up?
In the final week of a class, our final project included an essay, presentation, and discussion board responses to the presentations. This is an online class so we depend on the availability of ...
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Can someone enroll in an on-campus PhD program on the basis of a "distance learning" Master's degree?
What would be the status of a distance-learning Master's program in academia? Would it fulfill the requirement of an on-campus Ph.D. program?
What would be the status of a distantce-learning doctoral ...
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Creating a StackExchange "Team" for an Academic class to replace the Canvas online discussion board [closed]
I am a community college math instructor. We use the Canvas learning management system for our online courses. Most of us use the built-in online discussion board in Canvas where students can share ...
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