9 Questions to Ask Your Online Instructor By: Melanie Bryant It can be hard to come up with important questions to ask your online instructor. There are three major reasons to ask a question in an online classroom. First, questions help you take control of your education through self-directed learning. Secondly, questions help connect new…
By: Brad Koyak from Spectre Graphics Data Collection Before we talk about what big data is, we have to talk about data collection. Since the early nineties, companies have recognized the importance of knowing who is visiting their website. Early on in the life of the internet companies would parse through their server log measure their…
By: John Sparks The Information Technology & Network Systems (IT NS) department at Laurus College utilizes a hands-on learning approach to our course instruction with plenty of lab time in our classes. During one such class, we re-discovered an issue in the Windows Notepad application. The Bug Windows Notepad has been around for over 30…
By: Jeffrey Staso Self-directed learning is when you take ownership of the information presented to you. Learning is much more effective when you are actively involved in the process of creating meaning (Settles, 2012). Students find learning is much more effective when they take ownership of the information they are learning (Deslauriers et al., 2019). When you understand why you…
By John Sparks For the longest time, computer speeds have increased while prices have decreased. This holds true for components such as CPU processing power and Random Access Memory (RAM). For disk drives however, data access speeds have been limited due to the mechanical nature of the drives. This limit affects how long it takes…
By Shanna Miller Welcome to Business Systems Management and General Education! We have lots of things going on in Business Systems Management in 2021 and we’d like to keep you updated on what’s new and what’s changing! Business System Management in 2021 Some of our courses are going through some revisions, such as our English…
By: Melanie Bryant Creating a study room can be a daunting task. Studying for a test or working on an assignment requires a lot of effort. Even if you do the majority of your studying on a computer, the right study room can help boost your productivity. The best study room will help you maximize…