To apply for credit for prior learning you have accomplished outside of formal educational institutions, you need to formally request a prior learning assessment. Many colleges and universities require you to submit a prior learning portfolio which they can use to assess your prior learning.

Many universities and colleges that offer online courses will allow students to earn some credits through Prior Learning Assessment. Here are answers to some of the questions students have about Prior Learning Assessment.

Some projects by some Stanford professors have helped to increase people's interest in open online education. Changes are occurring that have many wondering what the future of open education will look like.

This is a follow-up article on continuing education to the last article which discussed what continuing education is. In this article I list a number of benefits to taking continuing education courses.

Although many continuing education courses are offered by distance learning, many are offered face to face as well. What are continuing education courses? This is a question that many people ask and one that I will answer in this article.

Mobile learning (M-learning) has some specific advantages for some students. Large numbers of students today have smart phones, tablets, MP3 players and other devices that allow them to complete learning tasks from wherever they happen to be located.

Most students will need to write an essay in which they must support an argument they are making or assess an argument made by someone else. This is a review of a book by Anthony Weston called "A Rulebook for Arguments".

Many people make New Year’s Resolutions because they are hoping to reach some of their goals that they feel are important in their lives. Here are five tips on making resolutions that may change your life.

One type of distance learning that is becoming a part of education in general is the use of social networking. Social media tools are being used in public schools, high schools, and in all areas of higher education, both in distance learning classes and in regular face-to-face school courses.

There are still misconceptions about distance learning even though there are more and more students choosing to study by distance learning every year. The following are 5 misconceptions about distance learning.