1.0 INTRODUCTION 3 – 6 2.0 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ONLINE LEARNING AND TRADITIONAL CAMPUS -BASED CLASSES 7 – 9 3.0 STRATEGIES FOR ONLINE LEARNING SUCCESS 10 – 12 4.0 CHARACTERISTICS OF ADULT LEARNERS 13 5.0 SUCCESSFUL ADULT LEARNERS AT IPD-OUM AWARDS CEREMONY 14 6.0 CONCLUSION 15 7.0 REFERENCE 16 1.0 INTRODUCTION Online learning has grown rapidly in the past few years in colleges requiring instructors to learn effective
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appreciative of the diverse cultural backgrounds of my students. This paper summarizes some observations and reflections on how cultural differences bedeviled my interactions with my students in Arlington County, Virginia. In general, culture refers to the ways in which different groups of people organize their daily lives within national or ethnic groups, urban neighborhoods, companies and professions, and other settings. Culture includes what people actually do and what they believe. Culture influences
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workplace as opposed to face to face teams. There are various differences between virtual and face to face teams and thus the advantages and disadvantages of each team will be discussed. Comparison and Contrast Nonetheless, teams are defined as a group of people with complementary skills that are committed to achieve a common purpose. The author Gregory Berry further explains that teams interact interdependently and are bought together or come together voluntarily; to achieve a certain outcome (Berry
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seemingly contradictory outcomes stem from the fact that few companies give employees significant control and access to management information. A half century of research suggests that empowerment strategies can offer real benefits. We outline facilitating conditions for effective empowerment, including characteristics of organizations, leaders, employees, and the work itself. Keywords: Empowerment, Leadership, Teams, Power Sharing Effective Empowerment in Organizations Psychological empowerment
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2. Introduction ………………………………………………………...3 3. Terms and concepts ………………………………………………..4 4. Brainstorming as an aid to creativity …………………………….4 5. Individual and group brainstorming ……………………………..5 6. Challenges to effective brainstorming …………………………....6 7. Advantages of group brainstorming in an organization ………...7 8. Disadvantages of group brainstorming in an organization ……..8 9. Why organizations still use brainstorming in spite of its drawbacks ………………………………………………………….....8 10. Should an organization
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the analysis of Web Applications, focusing on the aspects related to the interaction of business logic and Web browsers. The method adopted is based on the Model Driven Architecture. First, the Platform Independent Model of Web Applications is refined to create a new model called Abstract Description of Interaction (ADI). An ADI is a UML class diagram annotated with OCL statements to represent an abstraction of the interaction between the thin client and the business logic. Secondly, the ADI model
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maintenance of the spontaneous social contacts and relationships, as well as interaction, communication and facilitating the delivery of the education delivery. According to Hendrick, the effects usually fall on the young individuals most of whom fall into the category of university students (2008). The social networks are thus deemed to play a significant role in the daily lives of the young generation. The traditional interactions continue being at
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World Applied Programming, Vol (1), No (2), June 2011. 100-104 ISSN: 2222-2510 ©2011 WAP journal. www.waprogramming.com Taking a look at different types of e-commerce Rania Nemat* Department of IT, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. Rania.n.85@gmail.com Abstract: In this paper, we are going to take a short introduction to different types of ecommerce. So, we will talk about e-commerce and then the types will be presented. They are described in details. Different relationships between commerce
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the unique social and psychological environment of an organization. Organizational culture includes an organization's expectations, experiences, philosophy, and values that hold it together, and is expressed in its self-image, inner workings, interactions with the outside world, and future expectations. It is based on shared attitudes, beliefs, customs, and written and unwritten rules that have been developed over time and are considered valid. Also called corporate culture, it's shown in (1)
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considered Human Resource (HR) professionals as “Employee Champions” whose primary function was to engage in one-on-one interactions with people communicating organizational policies and procedures, collecting resumes, explaining company benefit packages, etc. In the past two decades, the internet has become a powerful information tool that has revolutionized business practices by facilitating changes in how organizations conduct business. The purpose of this paper is to describe how information literacy
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