July 27, 2009
30 Years of Training ITC Learning, Inc. has been fulfilling their mission to connect people to knowledge for over 30 years. ITC Learning is the leading provider of industrial skills training to over 6,000 global organizations (and over 1,000,000 users) for the process and manufacturing industry. Throughout its 30+ year history, ITC Learning’s training products have been developed and selected with the industrial plant worker and environment in mind. All of the...
July 13, 2009
As a graduate from an expensive private university, debt from student loans will play a significant role in my life for years to come. I want to eventually get a master’s degree to get ahead in the job market, but I worry about taking on more loans and facing more debt. After reading an article entitled “Online College is the Future of Education,” I now realize that online learning is a convenient...
July 10, 2009
I read an interesting article in the Washington Post recently about an experiment in single-sex eduction that’s happening in Maryland. Four schools are setting up small online courses for girls only, following recent trends to explore the value (or lack thereof) in gender-limited classrooms. There are going to be lots of different opinions about experiments like this – some people will love the idea, others will say that it’s discriminatory, and still...
July 7, 2009
Young people can no longer accuse adults of not being savvy with the Internet. According to elearners.com, online learning is rapidly becoming a popular method used by adults to receive a secondary education. As far back as 2000, 39% of the total number of students participating in online education programs was above the age of 25, so just imagine how many more are learning online today. In our current economy, online learning...
