Online Education

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I have met more and more people recently who are doing online degrees. Back when I was in college (okay like it was 100 years ago or something- but I was a freshman in 1998 so it wasn’t exactly yesterday!) it was rare to do a whole lot online for school. About the most our college did was offer a few online classes. Mainly things like health and library skills so that you could get them out of the way over the summer. I took one online class and just had to go in to take a final. I got 100% in the class- it was almost kind of ridiculous.

I know things have come a long way. You can get an entire bachelor’s or master’s degree online now! St. Xavier University offers an Online Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction (MS Instruction). In fact, I just signed up a girl to sell Avon who is doing this program. I asked her all kinds of questions about it because I’ve never known anyone who has gotten their entire degree online.

And according to their website, “This innovative Curriculum and Instruction online program provides experienced practitioners with a broad understanding of curriculum development and an in-depth examination of new instructional techniques through the exploration of topics in literacy, diversity, integration of technology, and an interdisciplinary perspective in education.” St. Xavier’s program is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).

I am thinking that if I ever decide to go back to school for a different degree (which I sometimes daydream about doing) I might start looking more seriously into online options. I would be curious to hear from others who have done something like this.

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