Engineering Online Degree | Online Program Protested

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

Did you hear about the protests going on at Florida Tech?

Seems that the Dean of the School of Business, David Steele was fired recently.

It’s alleged (by other faculty members) that he was fired because he disagreed with the board of
trustees over an online undergraduate business degree program the schools was starting.

The students are protesting his firing, and the online program, saying that
all that will be required for an online degree is a high school diploma and
students being 22 years of age or older.

The university says that it already has an online MBA program, and that the
standards for admission to the undergraduate program have not yet be defined.
The program is scheduled to begin in January 2008.

My opinion?

Well, from were I sit in my online degree dorm room, I can understand the student’s point,but
I think the protests are a little premature. I think the university should be given the chance
to determine the adimission requirements and then lets see if those requirements really impact
the traditional progams.

Those students (and faculty it seems) should take a look around. They’d see that a big part
of the future of education will distance and online learning programs.

Just my humble opinion :-)

Ben

 

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engineering degree online : more on the technical requirements

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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