Posted by bposton on November 11th, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online
I had another note on my online dorm room door last night, asking:
“Can you define the Internet Generation?”
Well, I’ve always wondered myself, so I began a search to find out.
What I found was that, officially, it’s anyone born between the years of 1985 abd 1999. It’s also called the IGeneration, which directly followed the MTV Generation.
This iGeneration has grown up with the rise of the Internet, most of whom do not remember pre-Internet times. More than 85 percent of this generation uses the Internet to check and/or send email every day, reports Greensberg Quinlan Rosner, a research and strategic consulting firm.
And here’s another important fact. Studies indicated that 66 percent of them have an interest in online education. Due to thier knowledge of technology, it only makes sense that these upcoming college studens will have an increased interest in online degree programs.
On a side note, it was also found that more than 65 percent prefer to be contacted by email over other methods.
In fact, nearly two thirds (64 percent), of this group agreed with the statement that “I don’t know how I would keep up with my friends or family if I didn’t have the Internet.”
More than 32 percent use email as their primary source to conduct business, communicate with friends, make purchases, and have exchanges with family members.
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Posted by bposton on October 26th, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online
You know how you have to look on the side of the software box at Best Buy and squint
really hard to read all the techincal stuff you need to run it?
That’s kinda how I feel about figuring our the technical requirements for
an online degree program.
But here’s what I think is a good representation of what you’ll need, PC-wise,
to take an online class.
This comes from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
System Requirements
Minimum Hardware Requirements
500MHz (or higher) PC
128MB RAM
High-speed connection such as cable, DSL, LAN, etc.*
Color monitor (recommended resolution: 1024 x 768 minimum)
Audio card and speakers
Note that 56K modem connections are not guaranteed to provide sufficient bandwidth
to view courses with streaming video lectures. Students with only a modem connection
should contact the Office of Continuing Engineering Education before registering for courses.
Minimum Software Requirements
Windows 98, 2000, or XP
Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher
Windows Media Player
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Other Software
Some courses may take advantage of other multimedia components and thus require additional software.
For course specific information consult the appropriate home page.
Of course, like most technology, this information will be obsolete in about a year, so
make sure you keep up with the college program you’re interested in and get as much specific information as you can before you head out to Best Buy…:-)
Ben
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