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Virtual Learning
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I'm new here. Nice to meet you all. I was referred to this site from a book I was reading about lifelong learning. I happened to wonder if any of you had used virtual colleges for degree courses or other and what your experiences were! I live very rural and work strange hours so the usual enlist in a bricks and mortar adult education course isnt the thing for me. I know that many Uni's and college's must be offering degree programme's completely online now, but where on earth do you start? Any thoughts? Cheers Socrates |
What book? And how was it mentioned?
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The easiest way to start, IMO, is to look at schools that have the type of program you are looking for, then see if they offer that degree online. The one school I know where you can get a degree completely online is Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. I think the major choices are limited though.
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Virtual MD
Phoney doctor convicted in $4-million medicare fraud
Last Updated Mon Aug 12 14:39:36 2002 HAMILTON - Stephen Chung was given an 18-month conditional sentence on Monday after apparently providing quality health care to people in Hamilton over a period of 15 years. Chung defrauded the provincial health care system of about $4.5 million, treating about 1,000 patients without ever graduating from medical school. His 18-month conditional sentence includes 150 hours of community service. The Crown had asked for 18 to 24 months in jail. The case is thought to be the largest medicare fraud in Canadian history. Between 1983 and 1998, Chung practised medicine in Hamilton, Ont., earning a good reputation among his colleagues and without a single patient complaint to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. A routine check of credentials by the college four years ago uncovered the fact that he had never graduated medical school. The degree from a medical school in the Dominican Republic which he presented to get an Ontario medical insurance (OHIP) billing number was a phoney. After flunking out of medical school at the University of Manitoba, Chung bought the fake diploma in 1981. He took the exams required for people with a foreign medical degree and applied for an internship at McMaster University in Hamilton. In 1983, he was granted an OHIP registration number. The college checked the degrees of all 25,000 doctors registered in the province after it discovered a Michigan man without a valid degree had been briefly granted a number in 1995. The college now verifies all degrees before granting a registration number. As soon as Chung's phoney degree was uncovered, he was stripped of his licence and a police investigation started. |
What book? And how was it mentioned?
The book was called Peak Learning by Ron Gross and it really gives the lowdown on self learning techniques rather than being drilled into it in an institutionally based learning enviroment. The site(the cellar) was mentioned alongwith another one called the echo(San Fransisco) I think. They were recommended as sites which offered chat/discussion in an enviroment relatively nerd/porn/moron free. |
RE: Virtual Learning
You may want to check out Open University.
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The Well and The Cellar do still exist, which is a tribute to the sense of community they fostered. But you really lucked out that they both still exist, allbeit in very differnt form from their original. Kind of interesting that Mr. Gross uses the name "socrates" himself.. http://adulted.about.com/library/blchat-082300.htm http://www.ronaldgross.com/socrates.html Just a coincidence, right? :-) |
Cellar got mentioned in a book?! Sweet!
Nerd free? Gotta be kidding. |
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I have but its interesting that the web based version got a writeup, i guess this place is pretty unique.
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Here's a Dose of Gross
Ron was such a smooth shill for his book here in the Cellar, he should be rewarded for his viral marketing with a little peak at Peak Learning.
I'd bet the book doesn't even mention the Cellar, though. Like this place is moron free. Really! ;) Live and learn, eh, Ron? |
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And if socrates is here pimping his own book (not yet admitted or proven), It's not "viral marketing". It's astroturfing Quote:
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Peek. :-)
And if socrates is here pimping his own book (not yet admitted or proven), It's not "viral marketing". It's astroturfing Hi guys I WISH! I dont know if you have had people on marketing their wares before, but I really dont think the author, Mr Gross, needs to. Two things.... If I wanted to market my own book, I would not be covert. I wish I had his money! Can I ask. Is it normal to be so suspicious of a post? |
This is the internet, we're all cynics.
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