Computer Science Is Not Just Coding
My friend is a teacher at our local high school and for the first time this year, she is going to be offering a computer science course. She’s gone to two summer workshops to help her prepare. One workshop was basic, a bit more about how to teach it (‘get...Kids Are Smart, Calling Them Dumb Is Not
So earlier this morning, I had a Facebook friend post this article to his Facebook profile: What proceeded were a bunch of comments about how kids are now dumber then they used to be. (Of course everyone ignored the link someone posted further in the comments...The Value Of An Online Versus Traditional Education Environment
Someone asked me to write a post about online degrees. Since I had no experience, I put it out to my Twitter followers. The following is a guest post from Ginger, one of my Twitter friends. She asked me not to link to her account because she wanted to be really candid about her experiences. Here is what she had to say about getting an online degree:
Degree attained: Masters of Instructional Science and Technology
Time it took: Two years, full time online courses
Total cost: Approx. $8000 (not including books) (cost to me, after employer paid for tuition: $1000 plus books)
Financial aid: I was lucky enough to have my employer pay for my Masters. I paid only for student fees (around $250/semester) and books (varied). Thus, I definitely felt it was worth the financial and time investment, even with working full time (and sometimes overtime) and going to graduate school full time. So no, I don’t think my employer paid more for the convenience of online classes.
My program was at a state university, and was what is called a “blended learning environment,” that is we were mostly online (throughout the semester) but at the beginning of each semester (and the end of the last one before our capstone presentations) we met face-to-face. These were required sessions. So our program cost the same price another traditional graduate program on the same campus would have cost.