Idaho recently became the very first state to require high school students to take at least two online credits to graduate: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/idaho-could-become-first-state-to-require-high-school-students-to-take-2-online-credits/2011/11/03/gIQAtZlHjM_story.html Do you think this will soon become a requirement of more states and high schools in the USA? … Continue reading
About This Blog
Brian C. Steinberg has over 15 years of Academic and Student Affairs experience. He has managed residence halls and apartments, advised Multicultural and International Students, and taught geography, diversity, college orientation, and technology courses at many campus and online colleges and universities.
Brian received his M.A. in Post Secondary Education: Student Affairs and Geography from The University of Northern Iowa. Brian is also a June 2002 graduate of the Social Justice Training Institute and is currently finishing up his PhD in The Leadership for Higher Education Program at Capella University. Brian also received his Diversity Graduate Certificate from Capella University.
Brian currently works for a diversity and multicultural education training and consulting firm and teaches and designs courses for a few online colleges and universities near Buffalo, NY.
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Online Classes and Learning Style?
Do you know what your learning style is? Knowing how you learn and what your individual learning style is can be very beneficial to you as an online learner. There are three basic learning styles: auditory, visual, and kinesthetic. Most … Continue reading
Online Classes from your Cell/Smart Phone?
For one of the online institutions that I teach for, I just downloaded a new application that allows me to access the classes I teach on my android cell/smart phone. This is a newer trend that seems to be catching … Continue reading
Using Facebook in Online Classes
Using Facebook in online classes is a very controversial and debatable topic. Should you friend other online students in your online classes? What about your online instructor? There are many sensitivity and confidential issues that could be at play here. … Continue reading
Microsoft PowerPoint for Online Students
This week for one of the online colleges that I teach for, I am facilitating an online student workshop on how to use and master Microsoft PowerPoint. In many online classes, students are required to make online presentations either live … Continue reading
To Emoticon or Not?
In my previous blog post on the “Top 10 Netiquette Rules in Online Education,” #8 was “Don’t Abuse Emoticons.” It is clear in online courses that one should never use emoticons in an academic paper, but what about in the … Continue reading
Using Twitter in Online Courses
Not all online faculty are as tech savvy as the online students they often teach. That is no excuse for you as an online student not to use your tech savvy skills in your online course to learn and connect … Continue reading
Critical Thinking Skills for Online Students
One of the main skills needed to be a successful online student is critical thinking skills. You may ask yourself, what exactly are critical thinking skills and how can I improve my own critical thinking skills? You can’t improve your … Continue reading
Top 5 Grammar Mistakes Online College Students Often Make:
This week for one of the online colleges that I teach for I am facilitating a student workshop on grammar and thought that I would write a blog post on this topic by stating the Top 5 grammar mistakes I … Continue reading
Top 10 Netiquette Rules in Online Education (Part Two: 6-10)
6. Basic Spelling and Grammar- Online students should always remember no one can physically see them and that everything you write and post creates your online reputation. Bad spelling and grammar accounts for poor netiquette so please remember to always … Continue reading
