With the help of tape measures and rules small distances in the everyday household are easy to measure. As distances grow bigger so do the devices and ways in which the distance is to be measured. In math rulers make sense as well as Pythagorean Theorem; so what about astronomy? Astronomers have a totally different format of information of which they are studying. It only makes sense that the astronomers would have a totally different way of which they measure. Two measurements astronomers use are
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Presentation on the benefits of distance learning to an audience of teachers and students with very little experience with computers and who might be somewhat fearful of the idea: Outline: I. Distance Learning is very easy‚ easier than one might expect. a. Do not dread distance learning. It is not complicated at all. In fact‚ it is very easy since new technological advancements have made it very easy and user friendly for people. b. Communication has been made very easy these days
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How does Armitage create an atmosphere of detachment? Simon Armitage wrote the poem ‘Mother‚ any distance greater than a single span’‚ it suggests a strong theme of detachment throughout. Although a short poem‚ it holds a lot of meaning that can be interpreted in several different ways. Firstly‚ each stanza ends with a position of different height. Beginning ‘floors’ then ‘kite’ and lastly ‘fly’. Each suggest the narrator is moving further away from reality and is distancing themselves from
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Distance Education: Definition and Glossary of Terms‚ 2nd Edition 2006 Lee Ayers Schlosser Associate Professor Southern Oregon University and Michael Simonson Program Professor Nova Southeastern University Table of Contents Preface 3 Defining Distance Education 4 Emerging Definitions 12 A Brief History of Distance Education 13 Correspondence Study 14 Electronic Communications 19 Distance Teaching Universities 23 Theory and Distance Education 25 The Need for Theory 26
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Benefits and Disadvantages of Distance Learning There are many benefits and disadvantages to taking a long distance course such as this one. This method of learning can give the student a lot of time to work on the assignment‚ but
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Geometric Design of Highways -refer to the visible dimensions of streets and highways. -Its main purpose is to provide safe‚ efficient‚ and economical movement of traffic. Major areas of the design: Locational design Alignment design (includes design controls and criteria) Cross-section design Locational Design One of the most crucial and important parts of the design process of highways. The location procedure is an iterative process in which engineers‚ planners‚ economist‚ ecologist
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meaning of the communication in education and distance-learning are best understood‚ when the types of communication among the participants involved in distance education and some related communication theories are mastered thoroughly. The communication among the students and the communication between the members and the content should not be underestimated even though the communication between the teacher and the student is a vital element of successful distance education. If it is important to attain
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E-LEARNING: NEW MANTRA FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION Dr.R.Sivakumar Introduction The old correspondence courses were the first Distance Learning courses but with the advent of Internet in the eighties‚ e-Learning became new mantra for delivering higher education courses over really long distances. The Internet opened new possibilities and now any type of learning content‚ be it for school‚ graduate or masters level‚ employee training‚ research activity or any other type of academic offering
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Choices What is happening in each poem? How do they compare and contrast? What is the main idea to both poems? The poem “The Road Not Taken” is a very sentimental poem‚ because it is about a choice. On the other hand‚ the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” is about the choice that someone made already. In “The Road Not Taken” the person chose to take a road with an unknown ending‚ and is less traveled. Moreover‚ the writer was letting people know that sometimes taking the less traveled
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Through elaborate and intricate portrayal of nature and landscapes‚ Frost uses setting to convey the messages of “The Road Not Taken” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”. The “yellow wood” of the first line in “The Road Not Taken” strongly suggests an autumnal setting‚ a season of new beginnings with ever-changing colors in the leaves and forests (Frost‚ “The Road Not Taken” 1). These themes of a fresh and even unfamiliar‚ outset‚ and transitional events‚ encompass the essence of the poem’s
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