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Graduation Begins Today -- Online

Dr. Arthur F. Kirk, Jr. | Posted 05.07.2013 | College
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Dr. Arthur F. Kirk, Jr.

Many adult learners enrolling online for the first time may be somewhat apprehensive about online education. After all, their only experience of learning has been in traditional, face-to-face settings. Other adult learners expect it to be fun, fast, and friendly.

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The Real Story of Adult Online Learning

Dr. Arthur F. Kirk, Jr. | Posted 05.02.2013 | College
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Dr. Arthur F. Kirk, Jr.

To watch the TV ads, one might think that earning a post-secondary degree online is easier than traditional classroom study. Certainly, it is true that one might do a lot of work in one's pajamas. But these enticements do not capture the full picture of what online students encounter.

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Grades and Vocation

Norma Cook Everist | Posted 08.08.2012 | College
Read More: Testing, Adult Learning, Mutual Accountability, Vocation, Community, Lifelong Learning, Learning, Grades, College News
Norma Cook Everist

As a teacher, I have long advised against using grades as motivation for learning. Well yes, I suppose it works, but I don't like it that it works.

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For A Stroke Survivor, An Unexpected First Day Of School

Myra Demeter | Posted 06.30.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Adult Learning, Going Back to College in Your 50s, Recovering From a Stroke, Going Back to College, Osher Institute, Going Back to School, Continuing Education, Lifelong Learning, Classes for Baby Boomers, Back to School, Fifty News
Myra Demeter

Before Dan's first day of school, we checked the bus schedule a million times. He chose his clothes the night before and prepared the items in his new messenger bag. As the bus pulled away, I got a reassuring smile from the bus driver. Was the twinge in my stomach so obvious?

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'Going Back to College at 60 Was the Best Thing I've Ever Done'

Michele Willens | Posted 05.23.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Adult Learning, Memory, Memory and Aging, Continuing Education, World War II, College, Fifty News
Michele Willens

When I decided to return to college at 60, most of my friends had two reactions: "I wish I could go back and enjoy it more this time," closely followed by, "I can't remember anything anymore!"

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