The practical education.
Avoid student debt.
Go to college on the internet.
The Empty Classroom
How to avoid student debt
- Have rich parents or:
- Live at home while you go to junior college and work at a job.
- Develop the skill of managing your own learning
- Take courses on the internet.
- FIND THE BEST ONLINE COURSE PROVIDER FOR YOU
- Look for intern opportunities
- Build a career portfolio demonstrating what you can do.
- Use your career portfolio in applications for a job or scholarship.
- Find Your Next Job: Employers who recognize the value of online education
- This plan only works for people who are self-directed and take initiative.
- Some employers see that those are the kind of people they want to hire.
- Education is certification too: Micro-credentials
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What college does for most students and parents
- Provides instruction in their chosen areas of interest.
- Provides evaluation and certification of their capabilities in selected areas.
- Provides social interaction with peers of similar social background
- Gets the college-age offspring out of the house.
What the internet can do for mature students
- Provides instruction in their chosen areas of interest
- Provides evaluation and certification of their capabilities in selected areas.
In a virtual world
- Provides social interaction with peers of similar social background
New job opportunities might be developed by web-smart educators/entrepreneurs
- Teacher's web assistant brings museums, aquariums, webcams virtual worlds, libraries, games, and challenges
- Become a MoocLab Online Tutor
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