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Anderson recently wrote in the Spectator, that online learning was an oxymoron and the COVID-19 pandemic was used as a “pretext to further digitise education.”

Online and distance learning have long been considered the Cinderella of the education industry, but the massive growth in online education in recent years suggests that it is anything but.

 

What is Academic Education

By ACS Distance Education on November 23, 2022 in Animals & Education | comments

Academic learning focuses on the content, contrasting with vocational learning that focuses on the outcome - improving one's ability to do a jon (ie. vocational improvement).

 Is it the difference between a VET course and a University? Are the differences really that distinct?

 

Learning to Listen Better

By ACS Distance Education on November 21, 2022 in Education, Jobs Success & Psychology | comments

The best communicators learned how to listen first. By listening carefully, they learned

  • What mattered to the people around them
  • What those people felt about their situations 
  • What words they used to describe themselves and the things or events they care about
  • How to use what they had heard to solve problems
 

What is Education?

By ACS Distance Education on November 8, 2022 in Education & Jobs Success | comments
Effective education is a learning experience. Education brings about an inherent and permanent change in a person's thinking and capacity to do things.
Many people have a superficial concept of education, equating it with doing a particular course or obtaining a particular qualification, but that isn't real education. Obtaining a qualification is like doing a test to get a drivers license. Ewal education is like the driving lessons you do and the years of experience that follow to make you a better, more capable driver. These are two different things, and it's the education that matters most. 
 

Writing for Better Assignments

By ACS Distance Education on November 7, 2022 in Education | comments

Why do assignments matter in any course. When you understand this, you can approach them with purpose and achieve more through doing assignments.

Assignments provide an opportunity to review and reinforce what you have been studying, and in that way, strengthen your learning. They are also a form of assessment that is valuable not only because they indicate your progress, but also because they provide a place for you to interact with a teacher.