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Dr. Sonwalkar
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Dr. Sonwalkar

Published:Thu, 4 Oct 2007
Description:WRKO's Educational Expert Dr. Sonwalkar Vice President & Assoc. Dean Center for Adaptive Learning and Programs
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" Hello this is doctor initial Lanka on Vice President and associate dean of Cambridge college and I've been good talking to you today and -- how do you select an online lending program as you know and last many years we see. They're and his large goes off on line programs you must be hitting a -- On video on televisions and also on the Internet. And we know that the traditional Margot Smith and claws but not a you can do online learning as a general basic general and dies. So now the question is that how do you select an online program. Water everything you must look for in -- don't make sure that that online program fix your needs. And -- technology going there are many VA's you can access them. Internet is the most predominant -- lawyer -- bad for everything to such -- on Google got our. -- shopping online Le -- you can do education on night. And the need has grown now because we have people who are did you delayed dips they want to go on computer all the time. So let's look at -- things you would look for in terms offered a program that you want to take on line. Number one thing you have to look at the traditional universities though that the big name universities like Harvard and MIT and Boston University they also offer no online program. -- we have non traditional universities like open universities United Kingdom are Cambridge College in Massachusetts. Already run in in other countries that they're a lot of online. Now open universities and there are also fully online universities have been you know RC. A professor face to face. But you essentially see people who are online and -- form -- relationship with them and an online community. There are also far proffered universities now that I University of Phoenix and stray hair and all of these fall proffered. Universities -- not a whole bunch of these options available to you. So let's look at what you should look for number one you have to look far. Is that meditation then you -- dignity you need to know what is the value of their dignity and can you dig their dignity to other universities. And and provide the next program because if you have taken in on a committed to a university. Your program -- courses may not be transported -- There's number one you need to look at what programs are offered does that match your coding or choices. Maybe you are is social larnaca right now what you want to -- criminal justice. And then you want to go to a criminal justice program. And if you look at price point is another factor that you need to look at your budgets and see how -- revenue fund that program most dog the online program. Can cost anywhere from 400 dollar -- dollar to a bar 750 dollar quicker dollar. And say if you have a program which is 37 commandments -- his master's level program it may cost him are going to 8000 dollars. And if you look at Howard does deliver you need to look at the learning management system that it uses that Laura of these different known in management systems. You also need to look at how the instructors are integrated into the system. And if you look at the online learning platform. That you are going to be using and spending a lot of your time learning -- dropped and your dignity you need to look at it and how easy it is to use our otherwise it could be very difficult to use a unique to make sure that the you know hours at his providing a very good. Program for you which is easy to use you also want to look at are they're learning style is available. That you can choose delay you want to learn all of this is one size they're solid approach. Because you do not want to get into your program -- doesn't meet your requirements if you look -- you need to look at how the assessments are done. What does the fact that the deep involvement are they -- you -- if you send an email did notice box and so if you look at the best practices not today. In online learning is adaptive blend in learning that we combined vote online education and face to his instructions. And this is a dynamically of doing things their on the mind is what you would you are learning style. And nodded to learn that your strategies and you are going to learn -- and Gingrich -- has produced that programmers because adopt that program. There you can come my online learning. As well as in class phase two phase and that program has not received that you as DNA lord platinum award for best practice as an on -- learning. So I hope you Jews program which are ready suitable for you. And you didn't do adaptive learning as well as phase to phase with the -- Rubin did not think those are the best practices in online programs thank you"

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