...Appendix E Title:Pros and cons of online education for educators and students Author(s):Hadley Leavell , Balasundram Maniam and Sara Lange Nagel Source:International Journal of Business Research. 11.6 (Nov. 2011): p136. From Academic OneFile. Document Type:Report Abstract: Online education offers students an anytime/anywhere method of receiving an advanced knowledge. Proponents point out the increased access will level the playing field for all. This study explores the benefits and issues for those tasked with those who are teaching the students and the students themselves. This study focuses on the higher education faculty and students who enroll in online courses. The pros of online education will be balanced with the possible cons of Internet education versus face-to-face education. Finally, the study also presented the results of student perception of technology use in classroom (traditional as well as online classes). Keywords: Online Education, technology, distance learning, web-based learning 1. INTRODUCTION Higher education started in 1088 in Europe at the University of Bologna and although many changes have occurred, brick and mortar classrooms have been the primary means of education ever since. (Universitas de Bologna). However, the social media changes in the past ten years have altered the landscape more dramatically. The computer has transcended from a data manipulation tool to a means of constant communication between individual and among large groups...
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...Introduction a. Audience Hook: Is online education more effective than traditional in class education? Studies for the Department of Education show that online learners perform better than students in traditional classrooms. (Http://readwrite.com/2009/09/06/online_education_more_effective_traditional_learning) b. Thesis statement: Researchers suggest that individuals perform better online due to the flexibility of setting your school and work schedule, the cost of online education, and the flexibility in completing assignments. c. Main points: i. Flexibility of setting your school and work schedule accordingly ii. The cost of online education iii. The ease of posting assignments II. Students who attend school online have the ability to set their study schedule accordingly to their own personal needs. (Http://www.onlineeducation.com/resources/Online-VS-Traditional.php) a. Attending school online is an excellent choice for individuals who juggle a full time or part-time job and a family at the same time. i. Students are able to set their schedule and the number of hours they can devote to school per week. With computer and internet availability they can set their own hours. ii. Students develop a study routine, and do not have to deal with the stress of having to work and attend a classroom at the same time. (Http://oedb.org/library/distance-vs-local/10-advantages-to-taking-online-classes). Not only can they schedule...
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...Student Communication in Online Classes A Case for Student Communication in Online Classes Grand Canyon University: UNIV 501 9 July 2011 A Case for Student Communication in Online Classes This article explains the importance of participation, interaction, and communication in the virtual classroom between the students and instructors. Many students today are enrolling in online classes to continue their education. Inside the online classroom, students began to meet and greet through discussion forums. Once a relationship and trust has been established between the students and instructors, an online community has been formed within that classroom. Students and their instructors will learn, communicate, and interact with one another throughout the course. Initially, everyone starts out participating in the online discussion forums, but then the true slackers make their appearance apparent in the online classroom. Some students log into the classroom, but show little or no involvement in the classroom or lack input in the discussion forums. This eventually creates a big problem in the online classroom. Due to the lack of log ins, participation, and interaction dismantles the classroom as a whole. A research study was done to show how the students who participated very little could cause disorder in the online classroom community and risk online learning. Background Many education programs have become recognizable and more accessible online. People all over the...
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... We acknowledged that there are some apparent spillover effects for both traditional store and online store. For online store, which is a new business model for Crisp Markets, Crisp Markets needs to consider some aspects like WACC, payment terms & security issue, delivery and customer satisfaction. From the perspective of finance, at first, we calculate the net income and cash flow of the following six years. Then, we find out it is not appropriate for Crisp Markets to use the recommended 4% discount rate. WACC should be used as discount rate. The calculated WACC is 11.9%, which is the required return rate. After that, by using the net income we calculated beforehand and with the required return rate of 11.9%, we got both NPVs of online and traditional grocery store are positive, $3,768,359 for traditional store and $4,020,441 for online store. Meanwhile, the IRRs of traditional store and online store are 55% and 47% accordingly. The NPV of online store is approximately 6.7% higher than that of traditional store. For reason that NPV rule is the most important criteria, we recommend Crisp Markets setting up online grocery store. 1. Pro Forma Income Statement * The relevant cash flows associated with setting up traditional grocery store are: up-front renovation costs, sales, salaries, other operating expenses, rent, depreciation and taxes. Pro Forma Income Statement of Traditional Grocery Store * Sales are estimated to be $5,750,000 at the first year...
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...Online College: The Better Way to Higher Education Ollie St Jules Devry University The Need and Want for Online Schools With all the things going on in an adult’s life, school should not make it more complicated. However the longer the person waits to attend college the harder it seems to work into their daily lives. This is where I believe online learning comes into play. Choosing a college is never easy, but before you pick the specific school you want to attend, you must first decide whether you want to pursue an education at an online university or a traditional college. Online education like everything else has its pros and cons. I’m not saying that online courses are for everyone but they are very beneficial in my life. With me being a full time parent and employee I find that online education is the best solution for continuing your education on your terms. Online education has many benefits that lead me to recommend this option to you. It has been shown to have better success rates, it’s convenient and flexible, it cost less to attend, and it also opens you to the new technologies that are being used in nearly every occupation. One of the top reasons I would recommend online learning would have to be the success rate that is garnering. Beginning around 2000, several studies, including meta-studies (review and analysis of hundreds of studies selected for their rigor), began to find significant differences in favor of online learning. These studies culminated...
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...selling their Microsoft Office Suites and their home computer operating systems around the world. They have become one of the largest and well known companies in the world. The way that I see it, is that Microsoft’s business model, in a nutshell, is to provide goods and services in the form of software and support to paying customers. One question that may be asked in this day an age is with the advances in cloud computing and Google’s “free” gadgets, will the traditional Microsoft’s business model come to an end? What will Microsoft’s business analysts do in order to change their business model? One can only imagine that it will need to be modeled and simulated first to avoid potentially expensive mistakes. I must start off by saying that before I started my Systems Modeling Theory online class through Strayer, I thought that it may just be one of the hardest classes to understand that I’ve ever taken throughout the course of my college career. I can say now after having completed the last nine weeks of class that I was correct. What’s hard, is not understanding the concepts of why businesses would use Excel models for their business growth but rather the actual use of Excel itself. With all of the bells and whistles an who’s-its and what’s-its that Excel provides for the Business Analyst professional, it’s extremely hard to get a clear view of just how powerful this software program really is. Enter Stephen G. Powell and Kenneth R. Baker’s “Management Science, The...
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...Ways to Reduce College Tuition In recent discussions of college tuition, a controversial issue has been how to reduce the tuition fees of colleges. On the one hand, some argue that colleges need high tuition to help pay for staff and maintenance. From this perspective, a college’s main priority is to make sure that the administrators and professors are properly paid and that there is enough money to fund classes. On the other hand, however, others argue that expensive tuition will discourage students from pursuing higher education and will burden the government with providing financial aid. In the words of one of this view’s main proponents, “People are paying way too much for way too little education” (McCluskey). According to this view, the education that colleges provide is not worth as much as it costs. In sum, the issue is to find a way to reduce college tuition. The cost of college is becoming an issue all across America. With the current state of the economy, the percent of unemployed workers and the cost of college can seem like a far-fetched goal. Many people who may not receive a scholarship or enough government funding may not be able to attend college. This is a big issue because having a college background is becoming an important factor in the business world today but, the expensive tuition discourages students from pursuing higher education. There is overwhelming evidence that colleges need to restructure the way they are ran because tuition prices are increasing...
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...INFLUENCES ONLINE CLASSES HIGH ATTRITION RATE by Lora Hines Bachelor of Science in Business Education December 1984 College of Education A Research Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Master of Science in Education Degree Department of Workforce Education and Development In the Graduate School Southern Illinois University – Carbondale December 1, 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page I. INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………….…………..1 Background……………………………………………………………….1 Statement of the Problem………………………………………………….6 Research Questions………………………………………………………..7 Significance of the Problem……………………………………………….7 II. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE………………………………..…..9 Demographics…………………………………………………………….10 Best Practices……………………………………………………………..16 Student Characteristics…………………………………………………...24 III. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS…………………….…….32 Summary …...…………………………………………………………….32 Findings .………..……………………………………………………….. 33 Recommendations………………………………………………………...38 REFERENCES………………………………………………………….. 41 VITA………………………………..……………………………………52 AN ABSTRACT OF THE R ESEARCH PAPER OF Lora Hines, for the Master of Science degree in Workforce Education and Development, presented on December 1, 2011, at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. TITLE: WHAT INFLUENCES ONLINE CLASSES...
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...PHISHING & ONLINE BANKING FRAUD By, Aditya Ravishankar 5-BBA-LLB ‘B’ 1216452 School Of Law, Christ University TABLE OF CONTENT 1. Abstract ...2 2. Introduction ...3 3. Statement of Problem ...3 4. Scope and Objective ...3 5. Fraud …4 6. Online Banking …5 7. Banking Fraud using Technology …6 8. Cyber Crime & Online Banking Fraud …6 9. Phishing …7 10. Classification of Phishing ...8 11. Indian Scenario …11 12. conclusion …12 Abstract Nowadays, almost every bank provides its clients with access to their accounts over the Internet Banks provide a different range of financial services through their Internet banking channels. Different financial Internet banking applications mostly contain money transferring services, investment services (stock, bond, and mutual funds) and currency exchange services. However, as new technologies upset traditional power balances and so does the Internet. The Internet empowers everyone including cybercriminals. Advancement of technology and rapid progression of the hackers’ ability to access various users’ systems maliciously altered their motivations from curiosity to financial motives. Thus Financial Fraud is on rampant increase. This paper focuses on Online Banking Fraud in a general perspective and also looks into...
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...Analyzing The Impact Of The Internet Capella University MBA-FP6004 Analyzing The Impact Of The Internet In today's world, employers are looking for a higher standard of education from job applicants. This is forcing high school seniors to pursue a college degree; an increase in demand causes an increase in tuition cost. This adds pressure in the economy, due to the growing amount of student loans and parent’s looking at creative options to cover the cost, such as refinancing their homes. But then, the advancement of technology could change this; however, there are complicated implication that will need to be addressed. Based on my research the major factor of the tuition increases is the reduction of state funding. The reduced state funding impacts universities; they provide 53 percent of the revenue. When the funding is cut, universities will have to cut educational or other services, and raise tuition to cover the gap. The average spend rate, per student is 23% or $2,026, which are less than the recession time. This inward turn is propelling the cost from the state to the student and influencing the universities to look at ways of covering the shortage. See Figure 1, every state except Alaska and North Dakota has cut per-spending funding. [pic] One approach is to increase the acceptance rate of out-of-state students. On average, the in-state tuition cost of a bachelor’s degree is $60,000, and the out-of-state is in the range of $100,000...
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...Trend Analysis - Post Demographic Consumerism | Mala Harish ETU20150222 | Abstract: There is a fundamental shift happening in the consumer behavior which is defying the traditional demographic expectation. People belonging to the same demographic are no longer acting in the same way or wanting the same products. Additionally people belonging to a particular demographic are found to be using products and services that were not primarily targeted at them. Consumers are not a big demographic monolith but are becoming more diverse in their needs and wants. This trend is triggered by the increased access to information, products and services, availability of wide variety of products and services and changing socio cultural norms that encourage people to experiment with products and ideas. Appreciating this trend and looking beyond demographics into the behavior and interests of consumers would help marketers to tap into new opportunities and otherwise ignored consumer segments. | [Pick the date] [Pick the date] ------------------------------------------------- Trend Analysis – Post Demographic Consumerism Introduction “Post Demographic Consumerism” is identified as one of the consumer behavior trends for 2015 by the research agency Trend Watching. This paper attempts to study the trend with respect to the market changes in India, which is one of the biggest emerging...
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...and major theoretical approaches illuminates the range of human diversity, the forces that shape cultures, and how people adapt to a rapidly changing modern world. The central objectives of this course are to develop your intellectual skills, your cross-cultural fluency, and your sense of civic and moral engagement in global society. I hope that this course inspires many of you to become anthropology majors or minors, and grants each of you an anthropological perspective on your own life. REQUIREMENTS This is an intensive course that requires full participation from every student. You must attend all lectures, study all the assigned materials before the class for which they are listed, complete required assignments, actively participate in lecture, and demonstrate thoughtful consideration of readings, videos, in-class activities and quiz/exam questions. Optional extra credit activities will be made available throughout the term. I expect that you complete 6-8...
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...VIEWPOINT An Evaluation of E-Learning on the Basis of Bloom’s Taxonomy: An Exploratory Study LEILA A. HALAWI AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN DUBAI DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES RICHARD V. MCCARTHY QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY HAMDEN, CONNECTICUT SANDRA PIRES BOWLING GREEN UNIVERSITY BOWLING GREEN, OHIO ABSTRACT. Universities have rushed to expand their delivery of courses through ABSTRACT. e-learning environments. But is e-learning effective? The authors conducted an exploratory study to evaluate e-learning through WebCT on the basis of Bloom’s taxonomy. The authors distributed 75 questionnaires to investigate whether individual or instructional factors play an important role in learning when using WebCT. On the basis of analysis of surveys from undergraduate students at a medium-sized university in the southeastern region of the United States, the authors determined that individual and instructional factors do not play a major role in the learning process. Keywords: Bloom’s taxonomy, e-learning, WebCT Copyright © 2009 Heldref Publications worldwide drastic change occurred in the educational system at the end of the 20th century. Various institutions have tried to bring change to the educational system and to bolster student accomplishments by focusing on schools, teachers, and students responsible for academic learning and achievement (Rothman, 1995). E-learning is an increasingly common form of instructional delivery available in academic and business arenas. E-learning environments...
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...The Macro Environment factors are: 1) Demographic Environment 2) Economic Structural Environment 3) Technological Environment 4) Political Environment MACRO-ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS A business and its forces in its micro environment operate in larger macro environment of forces that shape opportunities and pose threats to the business. It refers the major external and uncontrollable factors that influence an organization's decision making, and affect its performance and strategies. These factors include the economic factors; demographics; legal, political, and social conditions; technological changes; and natural forces. The important environmental factors are; (1) Economic Environment (2) Political and Governmental Environment (3) Socio-cultural Environment (4) Natural Environment (5) Demographic Environment (6) Technological Environment (7) International Environment. 1. Economic Environment: - Economic environment of business has reference to the board characteristics of the economic system in which the business operates. The business sector has economic relation with the government, capital market; household sector and global sector. These sectors together influence the trends and structure of the economy. The form and functioning of the economy vary widely. The importance external factors that affect the economic environment of a business are; (i) Economic Conditions: - The general Economic conditions prevailing in the country viz. national income, per capita...
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...continuous learning and for the ongoing creation of new ideas and skills. John Seely Brown is a Visiting Scholar and Advisor to the Provost at the University of Southern California (USC) and Independent Co-Chairman of a New Deloitte Research Center. He is the former Chief Scientist of Xerox and Director of its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Many of his publications and presentations are on his website (http://www.johnseelybrown.com). Richard P. Adler is a Research Affiliate at the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto and Principal of People & Technology, a research and consulting firm in Cupertino, California. © 2 0 0 8 J o h n S e e l y B r o w n a n d R i c h a r d P. A d l e r Te x t i l l u s t r a t i o n s © 2 0 0 8 S u s a n E . H a v i l...
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