Questions tagged [online-learning]
Questions related to taking courses over the internet or other electronic distance-based coursework.
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Can I include the completion of Udacity and Coursera classes I have attended in an academic CV?
Can I include in my academic CV that I have attended and completed the Coursera and Udacity classes I have been taking? I understand that these are not anything major, but the courses definitely gives ...
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What is the value of a Coursera certificate?
I took up an introductory course to forensic science in Coursera, because it was actually the only forensics course I could find that was accessible, however I do wonder if it is worth anything in my ...
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How do the completion of online courses impact a Master's application?
I see places like Coursera, Udacity and EdX offer certificates upon successful completion of course work. Also most of the people doing recorded teaching at these places are famous and well known ...
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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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Accused of cheating on online exams
This week I was accused of cheating on two online exams in two separate classes.
Both professors are claiming the lockdown browser recordings show "evidence" of me cheating. When I asked ...
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Distance learning: taken seriously?
I'm currently in the first year of a six year bachelor's degree aiming for astrophysics. The course is a home/distance learning setup run by the Open University. While I am enjoying it thoroughly, I ...
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How can I prove that I didn't plagiarize?
This year I have decided to take a Computer Science course on FLVS, an online learning institution.
Throughout the whole year, I worked well, and I had a lot of fun with the course. I was close to ...
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Does one get academic credit towards a degree for open online courses?
Lately lots of courses like udacity, coursera, and MITx are provided online. I attended most of them; also I have attended courses in OCW provided by MIT. Now I desire to earn some credits for ...
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Are there any aspects of PhD work that do not translate well to distance learning?
In another question about distance PhDs (Do any schools offer teaching or research assistantships via distance education?), I received several comments noting that PhDs on-line are of inferior quality ...
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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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How are instructors compensated for teaching a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)?
This question prompted me to wonder what compensation comes with teaching a MOOC. Most of these seem to be sponsored by universities, but my university doesn't offer them and neither did my PhD ...
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Overlearn in undergraduate College - good or bad idea?
I have no choice but to take courses I've already learnt in college.
So is it a good idea to overlearn?
Would overlearning help me to get into graduate school?
There are many ways for me to spend ...
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Stance of universities on remote video proctoring of online exams
Due to coronavirus, many places have been forced to shift to remote online exams. Have any schools issued guidance about the acceptability of proctoring online exams by requiring students to use a ...
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Software to live-stream presentations [closed]
I would like to be able to live-stream presentations online in case my school closes. My presentations are in power point. Ideally I would like to share my screen so I can use other software ...
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Is Wiley Plus able to detect when students are cheating?
I am supposed to start teaching on Wiley Plus for the first time this coming summer semester, and as someone who is already not the most tech-savvy, I have concerns regarding students cheating on ...
