I Learn Online
Getting an education used to mean having to be at a certain institution at a specified time to learn what you were expected to learn. This goes for all ages and grade levels. School was school was school and there was not really any other option aside from homeschooling. Now, things have changed for the better. All types of students can get an incredible education right from their own home thanks to online school. Online education is not just for those learning at a college level though, oh no. Even grade school children are learning online for various reasons. So you can understand the types of people learning online and the reasons behind it, we took a survey to give you the best of the best asking, “Why do you choose to learn online?”
Apple University
Since the late Steve Jobs stepped down as Apple’s CEO in August 2011 there has been plenty of speculation as to how this changing of the guard will affect Apple going forward. Sascha Segan, PC Magazine’s mobile analyst, assures us that we need to all calm down because nothing is actually going to change. Apple University is believed to be the primary reason for this. Set up well in advance with planning from Steve Jobs, in coordination with top players at Apple, Apple University was designed to thoroughly train the top brass at the company on how things are done at Apple. Apple employees from the top down have been prepped for the future — a future Jobs clearly made every effort to remain involved in, even after his death.
Higher Education Can Be Yours
Surely you have noticed all of the commercials on television and ads online promoting higher education through online degree programs and courses. It is true that these types of advertisements are all over the place. There is even a television commercial with the famous actress Shannon Doherty, who you might recognize from the television show “Charmed.” It seems like everyone is embracing the fact that they can receive the higher education that they have always dreamed of while still living and working in their everyday lives as normally as possible. So you too can attain your degree while you continue with all of the current obligations and requirements in your life.
Bill Gates On Online Ed
In San Francisco recently Bill Gates was speaking at a conference when an audience member asked for his views on education, comparing seated classes to online learning. He takes a very interesting approach to not only comparing the class styles for college education, but also looking into Kindergarten through high school online schooling. When you watch the video it is obvious how intelligent the man is, but you can also see how passionate he is too. After watching, let us know your thoughts on kids getting their educations through strictly online formats, hybrid settings, or strictly seated classes.
Howard University Executive MBA
Howard University has just announced its inaugural online degree program. The Executive MBA program online is designed to prepare students for business leadership roles in the rapidly expanding global marketplace. The new, prestigious program is AACSB accredited, ranked very near the top of a list of U.S. Business Schools evaluated by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and was ranked in the top spot for minority MBA Students by the Princeton Review.
The 18 month program is available via a flexible, online format. This makes it possible for the working professional to earn a valuable degree from a world-class faculty who have prepared business executives to take on leadership roles in the world’s corporate theater since 1867. As a brick and mortar institute of higher learning, this historically black college is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund. The school is partially funded by the US Government, which donates approximately $235 million on a yearly basis. From its founding, Howard University has remained nonsectarian, open to people of both genders and all races. At its campus locations in Washington, DC, the Graduate schools associated with Howard include pharmacy, law, medicine, dentistry and divinity.
Online Education Hires Steve Poizner as CEO
The Encore Career Institute, is a new and emerging online education company. ECI this morning made an announcement that it has successfully raised $15 million in Series A funding. The company’s co-founder, Steve Poizner, will serve as CEO to the board of the new entity. Poizner is a well known American businessman and Republican politician. Elected State Insurance Commissioner of California in 2006, Poizner worked in Silicon Valley as a high tech entrepreneur, founding both SnapTrack, Inc. and Strategic Mapping, Inc. prior to his political career.
