Distance education allows you to study at home or in your office‚ according to your own schedule‚ there are no classes to attend. Generally‚ each course comes with a manual that may be accompanied by videotapes‚ audiotapes‚ audio CDs‚ computer diskettes‚ CD-ROMs‚ etc.‚ depending on the nature of the course. As well‚ many courses incorporate computer conferencing‚ e-mail‚ listservs‚ computer-based quizzes‚ and the Internet. Some courses are entirely on-line‚ using the World Wide Web as an innovative
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Distance Still Matters The Hard Reality of Global Expansion by Pankaj Ghemawat • Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 Distance Still Matters: The Hard Reality of Global Expansion 12 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations to guide further exploration of the article’s ideas and applications Reprint R0108K TOOL KIT Distance Still
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The development of distance education has resulted from so-called push and pull factors: the technological advances created user demand‚ while extensive usage of technologies led to further development in technology. (Lewis et al‚ 1999). One can distinguish between four generations of distance education technologies. The timeframe of the first generation is from 1850s to1960 and the technologies employed are print (correspondence classes)‚ radio and instructional television. The second generation
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Before baseline 11-10 launches‚ the distance rocket traveled 6.73m and weighed 1.12 grams and the seconds rocket went .92 seconds and weighed .95 grams. By adding some cardstock for fins and taking off my clay and replacing it with tape it went quite a bit further and it went quite a bit faster‚ the weight was .93 grams. With the weight taken off‚ the rocket went 1.796 m farther. For the baseline launches‚ the distance average was 7.465m and .91 seconds and for the height the average was 2
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is considered rather inappropriate. Power Distance The power distance in Swedish companies is among the smallest in the world‚ according to a study of 40 countries in 1984. ’Power distance’ can be defined as "the extent to which people in a hierarchical situation feel they can and should control the behavior of others‚ and the extent to which those others are conditioned by reflexes of obedience". In Swedish companies‚ the concept of power distance is largely replaced by personal responsibility
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English 10/28/13 “Judging Distances” Analysis In “Judging Distances” by Henry Reed it is indicated that there are two voices speaking within the poem because they both have a different style of speaking. The first voice seems to be starting sentences such as‚ “Not only how far away‚ but the way you say it is it.” (1). The second voice then steps in to finish the latter’s sentence‚ “Is very Important. Perhaps you may never get the knack of judging a distance‚ but at least you know.” (2-3)
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Distance [dis-tuh ns] – the extent or amount of space between two things‚ points‚ lines‚ etc. When most people hear or see the word distance‚ the first thought that comes into their head is space. I don’t mean space as in the solar system; I mean how much is in-between one point and another. For others‚ when they hear distance they will remember a person. They will be reminded of the distance they have mentally between themselves and said person. Distance can have a different meaning for everyone
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During the time period of 1700 to 1900‚ there were many changes in long distance migration. Near the end of this period the slave trade across the atlantic was outlawed‚ so indentured servants from east and south asia began migrating to the U.S. There was activity throughout America and Ireland‚ while some changes in long distance migration from that time period occurred as European‚ African‚ and Chinese laborers were sent to the Americas. There was continuity in long distance migrations during this
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PROBLEMS/SOLUTIONS—PART I For questions 1 through 4‚ calculate the following distances using the fractional map scale. (Your instructor may ask you to show your work in the space provided.) 1. On a map with a scale of 1:24‚000‚ a measured distance of one inch represents an actual distance of: _2000__ feet 2. On a map with a scale of 1:62‚500‚ a measured distance of 4.5 inches represents an actual distance of: _4.43892045__ miles 3. On
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didn’t believe. And yes. He came and we spend such a lovely time in one small town called Ohrid... We feel so good together…And I was sure that I didn’t feel something more beautiful from that before. The time was passing and twice a month we were seeing each other. We decided to try to be together and we said everything will be perfect if we are doing together...you must to have faith!! Because distance was how we found each other and distance will never separate us emotionally‚ so it’s not going to
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