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From time to time, we will publish new articles pertaining to Online and Continuing Education. We hope these pieces will provide additional useful information and tips to you to help improve your understanding of the advantages of pursuing an online degree and how it may affect your lifestyle and career. If you're considering heading back to school and are weary of the online class environment, you are likely one of the individuals who needs to be taking online classes the most. Fortunately, even the courses taught in a traditional classroom have an online component. Learning to navigate and use various forms of technology through your studies in any subject will be one of the biggest steps forward into a new career. Traditional and Online Courses In a traditional college course, you would sit in a lecture hall, listen to a sage discussion on the topic at hand, take notes, read the book and then take an exam on the topic. The new format of most college courses includes lecture with notes, but also involves you online in class discussions, postings and an online function to get and submit assignments. Many of your tests might be online as well. There is really no escaping technology use at the college level, and this is a good thing. If for no other reason than it forces you to advance your own technology skills despite your reluctant approach. It's still true to an extent that certain technologies are not heavily used in certain industries, but increasingly every career field is being touched by technology usage in some ways. Today we push papers electronically. You'll be working on PowerPoints and virtual presentations in addition to basic office work and specialized careers have even more technology usage as we focus on global networks and sharing within industries. If you've been out of the workforce or you're heading back to college to gain fresh skills perhaps for a new career, the technology you'll be using in your courses is completely applicable to getting hired. Take notes on all the various programs, websites and software packages you use. You can include these in your skills section of an updated resume and having a ready list will make filling in applications for those new jobs simpler as well as most have a technology section.
If your reasoning is that you'll not need to know much technology in your particular career choice and therefore can do as little online work as possible while in school, your personal life will still revolve increasingly around technology. Everything from paying bills to government forms to signing up for Social Security is done online and the trend is going to continue with greater intensity. Learning to navigate through these websites is simply a part of life and can simplify your life to a greater degree as well. Rather than a remedial technology class to get brushed up on your skills during your college career, plan on taking some courses online or using the online components of classes in a field you're interested in as practice for your career and for your personal future. It will essentially be killing two birds with one stone.
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