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The Online Professor

Online Education: Can I bet my career on it?

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Host: Dr Mark Welch, wrote his PhD dissertation about the pros and cons of online education and is an online professor. He enjoys online ed but knows that it is not for everyone. Discussions include: Is online education legit? Harvard University has eight Masters degrees that can be early partially online? http://www.extension.harvard.edu/2009-10/DistanceEd/online-courses/degrees.jsp Oxford University has several online programs. If, Harvard and Oxford have bet their reputations on online education, I think the rest of us can. Full disclosure, I was in an experimental online college courses at Harvard, I also graduated from Oxford Universities online program in history. Yes, I am bias toward these schools and online education. Other topics discuss include: *How does online education work? *How do I compare colleges and degrees? *How do I fit it into my hectic life? *Will my employer respect my online degree? *Can I get regular federal student loans? *Is it worth it at this point in my career? *What is my return on investment if I get an online degree?

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Tracy Greenwood's mid-career transition from IBM Japan, to Microsoft, becoming a lawyer and also teaching college courses online.
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Dr. Stephanie Paulsell- a former of Harvard Divinity School- has taken the Socratic Method to a deeper level than I have ever seen. This 8 minute podcast describes how she does it and how the rest of us can do this.
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Isaac Adelakun describes how he went from the streets of Nigeria to studying at Harvard University for the Summer of 2010.
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I have seen quite a correlation between faulty retention and student retention and vice versa. This 8 minute pod cast for Innovative Educators discuss how this works and a few suggestions to improve faculty retention.... more
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Anyone can purchase the same business cases created by and used at the Harvard Business School. Analyzing these cases are at the core of their day to day teaching at HBS. http://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/cases
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MIT still has many of us shaking our heads about them putting the content for many of their courses on the internet, free. Now, how can we best utilize this amazing resource?
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Colleges spend so much time, effort and money recruiting students, then make several significant errors in their new student orientation. This podcast is about avoid those errors. Recorded for www.innovativeeducators.org and their audience.
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"Tenure is Dead" The Chronicle of Higher Ed- 4 Options
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Stanford University is an amazing example of how to create 100% online masters degrees in very complex topics, like engineering. This brings a lot of credibility to the field of online education.
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