If you’re preparing for online class finals, be sure to make the most of your time. Talk a few minutes to meet with family members and explain your need for ... Read More

Want to learn French? Design your own website? Impress guests with your cooking skills? Take a look at some of the free online classes available to the public: Free Online Cooking ... Read More

Writing a paper or completing a project with an online group can be frustrating. How can you make sure that all students do their part? How can you ensure that ... Read More

It’s difficult to start your first online classes without making a few mistakes. But, by learning from the mistakes of other students, you can avoid big problems. One of this ... Read More

For many distance learners, the local library is a “school away from school.” Without access to resources from a traditional university library, online students often use public libraries to do ... Read More

As the semester comes to a close, many online students are busy writing term papers for their online classes. Ideally: students work on final papers throughout the semester and spend ... Read More

Every computer geek works with a library of O’Reilly programming and technology books nearby. Now, students can benefit from the company’s expertise by enrolling in one of their new online ... Read More

Tired of spending hundreds on textbooks for your online classes? Commercial ebook publishing may offer a solution. Freeload Press (off-site link) is now offering no-cost textbook downloads for dozens of ... Read More

According to Wired Web (off-site link), excitement is growing for open source projects that make college library content freely available: “Google’s ambitious book-scanning project may be the talk of the publishing ... Read More

Online chats for distance learning classes can be nerve-wracking. Students are expected to respond to instructor questions and interact with other students in the chat room, without much time to ... Read More

Most life experience degrees you see advertised are not worth the paper they’re printed on. These “diploma mill” life experience schools hand out spiffy-looking diplomas without requiring students to prove ... Read More

Most online colleges require students to submit SAT scores when they enroll. The scores are supposed to prove that students are capable of completing college-level work. However, some experts are ... Read More

A creative article from Summit Learners (off-site link) chronicles a fictionalized account of a student who earns an online diploma mill degree. During the 30 days following the purchase of ... Read More

Recent MBA grads are staring their first jobs with a hefty paycheck. According to a College Journal article (off-site link): “Graduates who completed a master's degree in business administration (M.B.A.) in ... Read More