I first discovered distance education in while my wife andI were living in the eastern African country of Uganda. Afterseveral years away from school, I had decided that it was timeto go back and work on a graduate degree. At first, I thought mytiming couldn’t be worse. My wife’s contract with her employerwouldn’t allow us to just easily pick up and leave, and Icouldn’t see universities in the state accepting transfercredits from a Ugandan university. During a trip home, I startedcrawling around on the Internet to see which universities hadthe degree program I wanted. It was while doing this that Istumbled across an online course that sound of interest throughthe University of Colorado.Living in Uganda in provided it’s own unique challenges toonline learning. In-home Internet access was nonexistent. Thefirst Internet caf in the country didn’t start up until and in there wasn’t even a hint that one might be starting.When it did come it was kilomet…
Archive for September, 2009
Distance Education while Living Abroad
Monday, September 7th, 2009Writing A Business Website Sales/Marketing FAQ
Sunday, September 6th, 2009Everyone on the web thinks they can write a FAQ. But then whyare so many FAQs so lacking? How often have you read a FAQ andthought, "that didn’t tell me anything I needed to know!"?Two Worst FAQ Writing Faux Pas Many websites don’t separate their FAQs for existing customerswho need support from their FAQs for prospective customers whojust want the information they need in order to decide whetherand how to buy. Many websites that do provide a special pre-sales FAQ turn itinto yet another advertisement–ugh! Your prospective customersneed pre-sales information that truly helps them come to adecision.Tips for Writing a Pre-SalesMarketing FAQ: You should divide your FAQ into sections that will make senseto a prospective customer. Naturally, what sections you use willdepend on the content of your own website and the nature of yourbusiness. If you have a complex business or website with many productsand services andor options for them, you may need to have a FAQthat …
Top News for 2008
Saturday, September 5th, 2009was a crazy year for everyone. Here is a quick run down of the top news stories of :The Election of President Barack Obama: On November , Barack Obama was elected the th President of the United States. He is the first African American President in the country’s history and the significance of his taking the oath of office on slave-built steps on January , was not lost on those who attended the events or watched the ceremony on television. President Obama has been busy since being sworn in: closing Guantanamo Bay, passing the Lilly Ledbetter Act, redefining ethics for his administration and setting a tone of "I will be held accountable for what I do and I will always be up front in my decision making." The theme for his administration is transparency and accountability and so far he seems to be living up to his promise.The Crashing of the United States Economy: The stock market plummeted just days before the US Presidential Election making news in both the …
The Pros and Cons of Online Education
Friday, September 4th, 2009You’re thinking about furthering your career or finally gettingyour college degree. But with so many educational choicesonline, how do you know whether it’s right for you? Here aresome pointers you should consider, before making your decision.There are many perks associated with online study. Unliketraditional learning, distance learning can offer you greaterflexibility, as you don’t have to waste time- and money-commuting to the campus and you can choose a program that trulysuits your interests or professional needs, because you are notconfined to the classes that are offered locally. Another advantage to distance learning is the fact that you cancontinue to work, because you don’t have to worry about fittingyour classes around your job schedule. This is a distinctadvantage over traditional methods of learning, because thisoption allows you to continue earning while you study. Onlineprograms often cost less than their traditional counterparts, soyou can save money on t…
Some News on Green Tea and Prostate Cancer?
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009I’ve been touched on a personal level on more than one occasion by the sad news that someone I know, whether a friend or family member has been diagnosed with this terrible disease. Given the dramatic advances within the medical world we all hope and pray that a cure is found one day soon. My curiosity was thus aroused when I glanced at a recent headline which talked about green tea and prostate cancer.These eye catching headlines never give the reader a full account and this article will examine just some of the main points under debate. No one is hailing green tea as being a wonder cure as that’s certainly not the case, but it was being talked about more in the way of its protective qualities as a preventative tool which is what surely works best. I’ve been hearing about antioxidants for ages and how good they are at alleviating or combating things like the aging process and free radicals, which seem to go hand-in-hand whenever one reads about antioxidants in general.Seems that gre…
The Ugly Truth About Your Job!
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009The Ugly Truth About Your Job! by Oscar BruceCopyright: Article Autoresponder:mailto:TheUglyTruthAboutYourJobepublishersresource.comAuthor Contact Email: mailto:dianaforwardpromotion.com WordCount: words—————————————————————– TERMS OF REPRINT – Publication Rules The requirements for publishing this article are: You May Not change the content of the article, except forminor corrections for layout, typos or grammar. You May Not use this article in UCE Unsolicited CommercialEmail. Email distribution of this article MUST be opt-in emailonly. If you post this article on a website, you MUST set any URL’sor email addresses in the body of the article or in the Author’sResource Box as hyperlinks clickable links. Please, if possible, forward a copy of the ezine or newsletterin which you published the article, or if on a webpage, the linkto the article, to the author. This article is submitted as a service by…
Do you make this big mistake writing your articles?
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009Do you make this big mistake writing your articles ? By ChenZarzaIn the marketing world if you want to be a prosperousindividual, you need to get the skill of copy writing, immerseinto this skill is mandatory, this proficiency is vitalingredient to survive in there, every sales letter must becarefully "designed" going from the headline through the P.S.As a marketer, if you want to go far away, you know the best wayto get targeted traffic to your website: writing articles, thisexpose you at your client’s eyes like an expert in your field,or maybe you are a knowledgeable people writing with other goalsin mind. Anyway, whatever the reason is, you need to hold yourreader’s attention up…Here is the first and most important part of your article: theheadline, but do not get me wrong, I am not saying the headlineis your article… I want to say: if someone read your headlineand it doesn’t grasp hisher attention, is over… you know thistrue.The headline is so important and…