Welcome to VIU’s School of Online Education

Welcome to the School of Online Education at Virginia International University! Find a comfortable corner, turn your computer on, and access our online offerings. Here, you are able to transcend geographical distances, so do not worry about the commute to
campus – all course-ware is there at your fingertips!
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Personal Technology in the Classroom

The debate about personal technology in the classroom rages on. Traditionalist see mobile devices as disruptive technologies, while defendants see them as tools for instruction. Consideration should be given to the benefits mp3s, smart phones, and tablets can deliver inside and outside the classroom. From lecture podcasts to homework help, personal technology can be used to supplement the traditional learning landscape.

10 Tips for Successful Online Research in Adult Education

Tips For Successful Online Research - Michael Faes

Time saving strategies are provided for making the most of online resources for finding research sources for college papers and other research projects.

While reading the syllabus for a new course you discovered there is a research paper project. These types of projects often require the need to carry out online research to find sources. The online world is vast, often making such research a time consuming drain on valuable study time. So what do you do? The following top 10 tips for successful online research below will help make time dedicated for research more efficient.

College Library: Use Their Web Services for Research

Do not forget about your college or university library online services. Many adult education students often forget about their library’s website. Starting with the library’s online card catalog is a good place to begin any search for scholarly sources. Using the library's online catalog is an essential skill you may want to develop. Here are four tips for finding online research sources through the library’s website.
Use Online Databases – these databases provide the most current information required in most research papers. The benefit of using these resources is the ability to download full text copies of articles – free!

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Williams Lea opens new UK state-of-the-art Corporate Information Centre

LONDON, 27 September 2006 - Williams Lea, the leading global provider of Corporate Information Solutions, officially opened Abbey View, its flagship solutions centre for the UK.
For the last 18 months, Williams Lea has experienced unprecedented growth, both in terms of operating in new markets such as the US and Australia, as well as the development of its Corporate Information Solutions to new clients and market sectors in the UK. As a result of this, the company recognised the opportunity to invest in a purpose built, 70,000 sq ft facility in Wymondham, Norwich, as a central hub for its clients alongside Williams Lea’s other CICs in London, Scotland, Chennai (India) and 13 US cities.
The multi-million pound investment in this Corporate Information Centre, which is the base for over 400 Williams Lea employees, is the first of its kind in the UK. The centre provides its clients with specialist off-site support for their Corporate Information requirements which Williams Lea defines as the information exchanged between an organisation and its internal or external audiences.
Integrating the latest in technology, equipment and workflow processes, Williams Lea manages its clients’ end-to-end customer correspondence and marketing communications channel. This includes the scanning and indexing of incoming mail which is then uploaded directly to clients’ workflow systems, and the composition, printing and distribution of all outgoing correspondence.
At a commemorative launch event held for clients, employees and local dignitaries, Abbey View was officially opened by Williams Lea’s Group Chief Executive, Tim Griffiths and Dr. Hans-Dieter Petram, member of the board of the company's new principal investor, Deutsche Post World Net. Guests were provided with a comprehensive insight into the centre’s capabilities and use of technology to deliver these solutions.

 

Tim Griffiths said of the opening, ‘Williams Lea is delighted to be launching its new flagship Corporate Information Centre for the UK  We recognise the importance of continuing to invest in and develop our Corporate Information proposition and subsequently look forward to building upon the capabilities of the centre for new and existing clients.’

Free Online Speed Reading App – Spreeder

What is speed reading?
Reading with speed. ‘Nuf said. Actually, the idea behind speed reading is that we can process information much faster than we actually do in real life with a book in our hands. Several factors affect our reading speed, like subvocalization (the little voice inside our heads that reads along with us and slows us down), backtracing (rereading parts over and over again), etc.
The purpose behind apps like these is to train our minds to get rid of all the other crap. So, by having a steady input of text, we erase our dependency on backtracing. By increasing the reading speed, subvocalization can’t keep up and eventually goes away. The key here is that we don’t need to subvocalize to process information, as much as we may think we do.