Engineering Degree Online | Lucky Aviator gets free MBA

Posted by bposton on November 7th, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online

Here’s a story I was reading the online dorm room  the other night that I thought was pretty interesting
and you know how I love to share…:-)

Stephanie Smith, 28, of Albany, OR recently won a free MBA from in a raffle held by Daniel Webster College for a
free online MBA for Aviation Professionals.

She starts her MBA for Aviation Professionals on January 22, 2007, joining others who have decided to pursue
their master’s degree online – with an aviation focus.

And she, ;ike them, will find that they’ll be able to get that MBA without many of the challenges students encounter while
attending a traditional MBA campus program. 

Stephanie has a degree in mechanical engineering from Oregon State University and sees Daniel Webster’s graduate degree as an opportunity to expand her opportunities where she works.

Here’s what she said about earning an MBA:
“While I have a technical background with the mechanical engineering degree and work experience through Garmin,
I feel the MBA for Aviation Professionals will provide a more solid business background. For me, this program will
allow me to learn important and necessary skills, essential for working within our organization and with others,
and allowing me to look beyond the technical aspects of my work.”

She had been looking to get an MBA for a while, but found that most MBA programs would interfere too
much with her work schedule and family life.

Trying to figure out which MBA program would be best was “overwhelming” she said

At work Smith does mechanical design work and analysis for aircraft installation of avionics.

Both she and her husband Dennis are pilots and currently own a Piper Tomahawk, which they fly as often as they can.
Smith is currently training for her IFR rating.

So congratulations, Stef…

And in case you’re a budding aviation professional, you might want to know that Daniel Webster, one of the oldest
names in professional aviation education, and they’ve combined its industry experience with the
latest technology, making earning your next degree both convenient and “virtual.” 

Their online MBA Program, designed for Aviation Professionals, is offered entirely online. it’s a three-semester,
13-course curriculum where students participate in online presentations and chats with industry
professionals and utilize cutting-edge technology from Macromedia Breeze and Blackboard. Students learn from the best
flight management and business professionals in the field and study alongside professionals like themselves, without an
on-campus requirement.

Ben

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engineering degree online : my historical distance learning experience

Posted by bposton on October 27th, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online

When I was in high school back in the stone age… :-)

There was this thing called “coorspondence school”

I used to get stuff in the mail about schools that would teach you things
by sending you information in the mail.

My memory is great - it’s just short - so I don’t remember it well, only
that it had a certain stigma to it. Sort of like leparodsy.

Well, later on, the 1980’s gave way to a new version of the coorspondence school, called “distance learning”.

But you know what? The stigma got a little cleaner. That’s because some
real honest to goodness colleges started to get in on the act. One was Liberty
University in Lynchburg, VA. They are a Baptist College. You may know their founder,
Jerry Falwell?

I actually took some classes from Liberty University. Of course, it wasn’t online.
I signed up for classed from a catalog they sent in the mail, and they sent me VHS video tapes with the lectures, the books, the syllabus, and the testing.

The tests were “proctored’ which in my case meant that my friend John (best man at my wedding) would give me the tests and made sure I didn’t cheat or use the book.

I’d mail the test in and wait for the grades to come back…

and wait, and wait, and wait.

And then I’d get the grade and go on to my next class.

The courses themselves where not cheap, especially since you had to pay for the postage for all of the material. The other thing was that there was a residency requirement. That meant I would sooner or later have to spend two weeks on campus (during the summer) taking an excelerated course. That was the killer for me. I couldn’t do that at the time, so I eventually stopped taking classes with them.

The good new is that to this day Liberty and I are in good standing; I am officially and “alumni” since I took classes in the past. They even invited me to their homecoming football game this year :-)

So I do have some experience with this online degree thing - and I hope I can help you have a good experience and to chose the right program for you.

Ben

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