It is no surprise that the military is involved in distance educational opportunities for the thousands of men and women that are a part of our armed forces.  It wasn’t until I talked to my son about him being enrolled in school now that I realized that branches like the Navy could make a good [...]

There are more blog posts that talk about what to do in order to get into school but few that let you know what happens once you get started. That is were Distance Tips comes in. To let you know what tools you will need to may your distance learning experience as painless [...]

While there are literally hundreds of software solutions that are being used for online teaching programs the one that I used while enrolled at Ashford University and the one that I think is by far the industry leader is Blackboard available from over 5000 institutions is a free Itunes download.
According to the Blackboard blog making [...]

The hardest transition for me getting used to the online learning arena was writing research papers.  Even though I am the author of a successful plus size blog it did not prepare me for the type of writing that would be required on a college level.  The main difference was that things have changed in [...]

One of the areas that I many individuals that I have encountered express concern and confusion is taking an open book test.  Now if you are lucky enough to have classes that don’t resort to timed exams, which by the way I think are absolutely the worst way to test an online student, then these [...]

Welcome to Distance Tips!  This blog will not only cover my experience with one online university, but will offer tips that lead me to graduate summa cum laude.
Online/distance learning is more popular today than ever.  Older students are going back to school for a multitude of reasons making choosing and attending classes a challenge.  In [...]