If you own a home, or a space you call your own you’ve more than likely added your mark to it. Whether it’s through splashes of color, artifacts, or images of family and friends, you warm up the room with items you find comforting and possibly even inspiring.

With time this design may get worn out, or just boring. And when you’re bored with something it tends to detract from the positive energy that drives creativity and motivation. Is your workspace for class inspiring? Does it move you to engage in discussion posts more, or finish that term paper with vigor? If the answer is no, maybe it’s time to try something new.

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Create a learning environment that focuses on achievement, outcomes and continuous improvement that fosters long-term student, faculty and institutional growth. The American Public University System (APUS) has achieved just that by developing an effective process that ensures the academic quality and integrity of online courses and programs.

View our special presentation, “Create an Online Learning Environment that Ensures Academic Quality and Integrity“.

APUS’ process for conducting a system-wide interdepartmental review of online academic programs includes:

• An interdisciplinary program review process
• Proper use of data for continuous improvement
• Carefully selected technologies used in the creation of fact books, dashboards and data warehousing for the review process
• The process for which administrators are held accountable to improving the learning environment for students and faculty
• A comparison benchmark where other schools have developed internal processes to ensure the academic quality and integrity of courses and programs

Watch this webcast to learn more about the online learning environment at APUS.

- By J. Mason

Reading doesn’t have to be a drab process that is something you dread. Turn it into something constructive, and put your reading comprehension to the test. Critical thinking concepts are great to use for difficult research assignments, classwork reading that is heavy with formulas and probabilities, as well as heavy texts weighted from topics like philosophy, chemistry, and possibly engineering.

By annotating the text, then previewing it, contextualizing, questioning, reflecting, outlining and summarizing, evaluating the argument, and comparing and contrasting related readings you are able to get the most from your assignment. This will not only help you understand the topic better, but it will aid you in forming your own opinions on the subject and better equip you for future assignments and classes.

 - Online Learning Tips Staff

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You want to go to law school, but you have an online degree…is this possible? The short answer is yes, but it depends on where you apply to and if your degree is from an accredited institution.

For example, students who achieved their B.S. in Legal Studies from American Public University (APU) went on to law school at prestigious institutions. The legal studies program at APU provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to make them successful in today’s legal environment. It’s designed for those interested in attending law school or those interested in a variety of positions in the legal field. Students of the program are taught the fundamentals of legal research and writing by thorough examination of applicable case law.

The legal studies program at APU prepares its students for entering careers in law, and opens up the opportunity for attending law school. Here are some of the schools that APU graduates have continued onto after receiving their bachelor’s:

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