We believe in you!
Greetings student, educator, fellow human... I'm Shanna, and this is me with baby #3. I completed my BS degree in Natural Resources just after his first birthday. Most of my credits for my bachelors were earned online, and the last 3 years of 7 years of "undergrad" were completed online only.
I decided to start this blog to offer advice and support to current or potential online students, and to offer critique and strategy to educational professionals.
I am frustrated by the media coverage I commonly see of online education that make it seem as though it is a joke completed by people who couldn't get into a "real" college because they didn't have the grades and dance around in their pajamas holding a diploma (you know the ads I'm talking about!). So I wanted to put a real face, my face... to online education.
If I could finish my bachelors with three young children, you can! I don't care what obstacles you face in doing it, you absolutely can earn a degree if you set your mind to it. There were many, many, many times when I wanted to quit and I am SO glad I didn't! Now, I'm in graduate school at a major research university working as a graduate assistant on some very cool research. There's nothing super special about me other than the fact that I refused to give up, even when I really wanted to!
I have taken online ed courses from four different universities, but eventually found where I belonged at Oregon State University's E-Campus. My intention in writing this blog is to be a point of contact for students who need to know that it is possible to reach graduation in an online program and to find meaningful employment after graduation, and for educators who have no idea how to reach students in online courses. The quality of online instruction varies WILDLY from class to class (and school to school). And as someone who has completed a huge amount of online courses, I can absolutely help educators become more effective online teachers.
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