University of the People (UoP) being the world’s first non-profit, tuition-free, degree-granting online academic institution, is dedicated to opening access to higher education globally for all qualified individuals, despite financial, geographic or societal constraints. UoP is affiliated with the United Nations GAID, the University of People, and Yale Law School ISP, partners with New York…
Research Libraries’ Future
Dame Lynne Brindley, the former CEO of the British Library and recently elected Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, presents a set of key themes tied to the future of research libraries in the 21st Century. She dealt with may of them during her 12 years heading the British Library and prior career in university research…
Mobile cloud computing has given a new dimension to data storage
Mobile cloud computing is simply a special platform that combines cloud computing and mobile devices in order to come up with a system where a cloud does the function of carrying out intensive tasks, such as storing a large amount of data. Moreover, in this system the data storage, as well as data processing…
How to get your scholarship?
If you need money to continue your studies, then you need “The Ultimate SlugBooks Guide to Earning a Scholarship” infographic! Go through the images below for helpful tips helping you to find scholarships and awards to apply for, how to prepare your applications correctly, how to avoid common mistakes and at the end find the…
Effective online education revision techniques
There’s no way of escaping exams, so it’s really important for students to find efficient ways to revise the information they’ve learnt. Revision is extremely important, since it enables students to observe their progress and get a high score. Therefore, you’re about to see some guidelines that should be applied by all students interested in…
GRE Preparation – Plan well for scoring well in this subject
If you intend to do well with your GRE preparation and score well, then it is necessary to start your studies well in advance. If you are good with the language, still it requires proper preparation. It will help you in scoring well in this exam, which is a must for getting admission in one…
E-learning revolution
Check the amazing facts of e-learning developments, in fact, figures + academic perspective. 1.The growth of the eLearning industry with amazing facts and statistics that shows how fast online eLearning is growing. The video also illustrations the pain that organizations feel when trying to convert their material to SCORM compliant eLearning. e-learning revolution Noam Chomsky,…
Everything you need to know about Massive Open Online Courses
We have seen this coming for a little while now. We have the Internet in all its glory, and now it’s time to start using it for good. With all kinds of people connecting from every corner of the globe, we can now teach courses online that anyone with an Internet connection can enroll in,…
Who runs the Internet?
The Internet as a rare example of true, contemporary, functional anarchy, not owned by anyone and belonging to all, safely makes its path towards the concept of virtual reality, created by the computer scientists, who developed it as a means of information technology used to reconstruct real images and synthetic sounds used to stimulate situations…
Online vs In-person tutoring
What are the benefits of online tutoring? The benefits of online tutoring are numerous; we’ll start with your wallets. Online tutors are normally very economical in comparison to in-person tutors. You’ll see that there is such a diverse array of tutors from all around the globe that you’re bound to find prices that are more…