Alum living in Qatar 'returns' online to earn master's degree
Sheena Martinez lives more than 7,600 miles away from Fort Collins but is still able to pursue her master’s from her beloved alma mater.
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Tips for participating in online class discussions
When you take a course online, it’s important to contribute your thoughts and ideas in class discussions — and not just for the grade. When you actively engage in conversations, you learn more by reflecting on the subject matter, sharing ideas and perspectives with others, and questioning and thinking critically about responses.
Meet the faculty who teach in CSU’s online programs
Students who study online with Colorado State University learn from many of the same faculty who teach on campus. In the video below, get to know some of our University’s innovative educators involved in making CSU programs available to people all over the world.
How technology is changing higher education
When you consider how the Internet has changed society in the last couple decades, you might first think of email, Facebook, or even Netflix. But what about education? New technology in classrooms and elsewhere is blurring the boundaries of digital and physical. Technology has become integral to the way people learn.
Five ways to master time management
Struggles with time management are common for everyone: students, employees, and people of all ages. But research suggests we can overcome these struggles. And when we do, stress levels are more manageable, satisfaction with work is greater, and grades and study habits improve.
Digital Badging: 3 things you need to know
Today, higher education institutions are adopting similar kinds of models to teach adults various skills, and award them with digital badges that can be displayed on résumés, e-portfolios, personal websites, and social media pages. What’s the philosophy behind digital badging programs? And how do they work? Here’s what you need to know.
The key to engaging online students
Being present in an online course means spending quality time in the course, responding to discussion threads, sharing additional resources, creating videos, and writing summaries of ideas students have shared.
CSU celebrates online students, faculty who teach them
As most graduates said goodbye to Colorado State University’s campus last weekend, a number were just becoming acquainted with it.
New online graduate certificate integrates research and design
Colorado State University’s new online Graduate Certificate in Evidence-Based Design will teach designers, architects, facility managers, and other professionals to use research to create and evaluate these kinds of built environments—spaces and structures that influence human behavior, and cater to people’s needs, well-being, and safety.