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Distance learning is fast gaining popularity among adults who are keen to take new skills on board to better their career opportunities. Distance learning provides an alternative for people to further their education without having to undergo the traditional classroom learning. Nowadays, more adults then ever are becoming interested to pursue higher education in order…
Working, learning and maintaining social interactions from home can pose a number of problems for even the most disciplined among us. Add the responsibilities of parenting, homeschooling caring for an elderly relative or financial difficulties on top of this, and it becomes near impossible to keep all those plates spinning. Online, distance, or remote learning…
City Colleges are offering a 3-year Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Business Studies from September 2021. The degree is designed with a focus on those who are working in business contexts, or who wish to in the future. Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Business Studies at City Colleges The programme aims to equip business professionals…
In our fast-paced modern economy, professionals must continually expand their skills to remain competitive and advance in their careers. But who has time to go back to school full-time? This is where online learning is a game changer. How Online Learning Empowers Today’s Busy Working Professionals For working professionals, e-learning provides extremely convenient ways to…
There are more e-learning options than ever before. That is one of the reason that ever greater numbers of people are choosing to study this way. All the indications are that e-learning will keep growing. That means one of two things may happen. Either e-learning will grow and complement bricks and mortar educational institutions. Alternatively, it…
Starting out on your learning journey by taking an online course should be an exciting and rewarding time, allowing you to pursue a new qualification at your own pace and time and in a venue of your choosing. However you need to set yourself up to properly benefit from this time of motivation and opportunity,…
Online education offers incredible flexibility, but mastering the remote learning environment requires discipline and new strategies. As a veteran of many virtual courses, I’ve discovered some key tips for being a successful online learner: Shut Out Distractions Create a dedicated home office or workspace. Avoid disruptions by letting housemates know your schedule. Minimal noise and…
In the digital education world today, there is no shortage of e-learning platforms offering online courses on every topic imaginable. With so many options to choose from, how do you select the best one tailored to your needs? As an aspiring online learner, you want to find a platform that provides high-quality instruction, engaging formats,…
Then make sure to read this first. In its best form, distance learning, or online learning, offers all the benefits of an institution’s course syllabus to a student from a remote location. This means learners can pursue their postgraduate study at their own time and place. However, in order to get the best benefits from…
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn. The core principles of UDL are: Provide Multiple Means of Engagement – Stimulate interest and motivation for learning in different ways. Provide Multiple Means of Representation – Present information…
Climate change is the defining crisis of our time, threatening communities and ecosystems across the planet. While global cooperation is crucial, individual actions also have an enormous collective impact. By making sustainable choices in our daily lives, each of us can reduce our carbon footprint and help limit climate change. Small adjustments to our lifestyles,…
After over a year of running online classes almost every day YourEnglish.ie recently asked their students why they chose to attend an English course on Zoom during the pandemic. As we are (hopefully!) leaving the Coronavirus era behind us, online education (including face-to-face English classes on Zoom) is bound to stay with us. 5 Reasons To Study…
Online education offers incredible flexibility, but mastering the remote learning environment requires discipline and new strategies. As a veteran of many virtual courses, I’ve discovered some key tips for being a successful online learner: Shut Out Distractions Create a dedicated home office or workspace. Avoid disruptions by letting housemates know your schedule. Minimal noise and…
If you have a degree in cloud computing. chances are you’re sitting pretty. Graduates in this discipline are both in demand and well paid. Cloud computing is one of the best high-value growth sectors in Ireland. That’s according to the Government, Forfás and the IDA. Established in 2012, NUI Galway’s MSc in Cloud Computing Research is a hugely…
Personal skills, confidence training courses? How much of a “better person” can you make of yourself with an online course? Or is the experience of a class enough of a confidence builder in itself? Mark Godfrey Reports: Modern society heaps people with stress and pressure. Time is greedily taken by work and the journey to…
Now that we’re all working from home, it can be easy to allow one task to bleed into another, and the first thing that goes to the wall is often those small, simple rituals that are just for you. With everything happening at the moment, many people find themselves overwhelmed, whether it’s from the perpetual…
