Questions related to taking courses over the internet or other electronic distance-based coursework.
Questions tagged [online-learning]
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How do I email other students in my online classes, to make friends, without appearing creepy?
I have been studying remotely at my university since September 2021. Each of my weekly classes on Zoom has around ten people. I always turn on my camera. But I still do not know any my classmates. Some turn on their camera, some do not. I have…
user149498
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Does self-study leads to fast but shallow knowledge acquisition
On another SE site i have read that
Self-study often leads to rapid but shallow knowledge acquisition.
I'm a software engineer and i spend a lot of time taking math and physics courses on different online platforms. And this sentence makes me…
Yola
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Can we quantify the difference made by or popularity of online learning?
How much of a change is online learning through open courseware (OCW), etc., actually making? Are there any peer reviewed studies regarding the same?
skipper_gg
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Professor creating math Youtube channel?
I am wondering if anyone can offer any advice: I currently am an adjunct and teach a bunch of undergrad math classes, like Calc, ODE, etc.
What I want to do is to create a YouTube channel and show people how to do Calc, ODE, and other undergrad math…
tannersk8
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Should departments have a policy regarding updating online resources?
My department has gone paperless and uses Moodle to provide all information to students in an electronic format. With a paper based syllabus the expectations were cast in stone (okay ink on paper). Now that we are on Moodle, we can change the…
StrongBad
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Enroll in an online program such as Open University provides for PhD, or wait 5-10 years and enroll at a 'normal' school?
I have a BSc and an MS. My GPAs for both are pretty good. I'd like to start doing more advanced coursework, though there are a couple of things impeding that at the moment. The first is, I work full time. The second is, I change my location…
Ken - Enough about Monica
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How can I get back on track after falling behind on my online courses?
I need some advice on how to catch up on my online courses. I have gotten really far behind on my work and lack the motivation to keep going. This my second year taking online courses and it seems harder than the first. What should I do to move…
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Are university internal, password protected ANONYMOUS discussion forums truly anonymous?
Here I ask just about a university's internal password protected discussion boards. They are for university students and instructors.
Because you must log in with your university details and password, can't "anonymous" posts be traced and…
user149498
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In Moodle, how to submit student evaluation without assignments
I'm trying to configure (the online Virtual Learning Environment) Moodle in such a way that a teacher can submit a daily evaluation for his/her students without having assignments. I'm building this Moodle for Kindergartens and would like to keep…
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Is it possible that I can get a Duke University user account to access math videos?
I am an independent student of math and want to use many interesting video courses. Unfortunately the math video courses of Duke university are unavailable for others. So I want to know
Is there any way to access these courses or is it possible…
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