Educational Technology

 by AAMP News

Many educators have observed that more students are now embracing the online Community College Education. According to a study, Community colleges are the top online education with annual online enrollment rising 20 percent nationwide for the past few years. This is likely due to job seekers desire to gain new skills in order to compete with other applicants in a down economy. It is estimated that community colleges have completed $6 billion in construction renovation in order to accommodatethe needs of that have come from the increase in online classes.

http://aamproject.org/more-students-embrace-online-community-college/1668

by Joan Collins, Helium

Working full-time and taking on-line learning classes is a marriage made in heaven. Unlike brick and mortar schools, on-line colleges offer conditions that will allow any self-motivated student the opportunity to receive an education, enabling the student the chance to advance at work or to start another career while working. Managing this relationship is not any easier than a real marriage, but with thoughtful planning, the student will be able to thrive in both places.

http://www.helium.com/items/1929707-how-to-take-online-classes-while-working-full-time

By David Sarno, LA Times blog

Pays to be a lady at Neumont University. Not only is there a fabulously good “ratio” — close to 93% of the Utah technology college’s nearly 400 graduating students have been male — but upon graduation, that tiny female sliver of the school population makes more money on average than the guys. In Neumont’s four-year history, the 27 girls nabbed higher average starting salaries than their male counterparts — $62,000 per annum for the gals, compared with $60,000 for the guys. Moreover, women are finding jobs faster too — with 95% of the female students getting jobs within six months of graduation, beating out the guys by four points.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/08/at-utah-technology-college-women-are-finding-betterpaying-jobs-than-men.html

By HILLARY FEDERICO, Middletown Press

Bullies used to be those big kids who picked on the little ones; the ones who would tower over you on the playground or corner you with their fists clenched. But bullies are no longer restricted to methods of physical intimidation, letters or phone calls. Not anymore. Today, more and more bullies are hiding. They’re hiding behind computer screens and cell phones, text messages and social networking sites, using the available technology to battle against others mercilessly.

http://www.middletownpress.com/articles/2010/08/18/news/doc4c6b50a67b909890922966.txt

By LINDA HOANG, QMI Agency

Ashley Brown is hoping to change the world — one smell at a time.  Born and raised in Elnora, a village about 70 km southeast of Red Deer, Brown, 17, never thought she’d be part of a team working on a project that could help improve rehabilitation, education, research and even gaming. It’s called Smell-O-Vision, and it’s a virtual reality computer program — which Brown built herself — that uses scents to make the virtual reality experience more realistic.

 http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2010/08/18/15058781.html