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Dealing With Rejection In The Job Search
July 19, 2017A simple truth in the job search is that everyone will inevitably get rejected at some point. An organization will review applications and conduct interviews for more candidates than it plans to hire, so assuming that you will always get hired does not fly. However, recognizing and accepting this truth…
UGA Online Appreciates Our Online Learning Faculty Fellows
July 18, 2017UGA Online celebrated this year’s 32 Online Learning Faculty Fellows at a luncheon last Wednesday at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. The program highlighted the impact of faculty fellows’ courses and some of their innovative components. Several presentations by faculty fellows highlighted their experiences with UGA Online. “Developing online…
Email Etiquette
July 11, 2017While sending an email may seem like a simple task, mistakes are often easy to overlook. It is common to not put much thought into an email before pressing the send button, particularly after looking at a piled up inbox. Despite being perhaps one of the most effective forms of…
The value of action research in music education classrooms
July 10, 2017All teachers encounter struggles with their students. But rather than relying on a few field anecdotes, what if you could identify a teaching challenge and develop a systematic action plan customized to your students’ needs and skill sets?
Serverless Application: Walking into the Cloud at the University of Georgia
June 28, 2017An online P.E. course presented a creative opportunity and some challenges to instructional designers at the University of Georgia. The course was designed to manage students’ heart rate activity, but the challenge was that students had to manually download the data from their fitness trackers to send to the instructor.
6 Tips for Maintaining Cyber Security
June 28, 2017Cyber security is one of the hottest topics around right now because hackers, as well as threats from both insiders and outsiders, are constantly evolving. Life is increasingly digital and online students in particular access the internet for a multitude of reasons every day. It can never hurt to find a new…
MIT Program changes its name to Master of Business and Technology
June 27, 2017The Terry College’s online Master of Internet Technology degree program has been renamed the Master of Business and Technology to more accurately reflect the nature of the program and current industry practices. Designed for working professionals, the part-time program is offered entirely through online courses and can be completed in…
Phillip Manville Q&A Profile
June 21, 2017Phillip Manville attended the University of Georgia as a graduate student, earning a Master of Business and Technology degree. Phillip chose to pursue an online degree due to the difficulty of traveling away from his job as a web developer at Central Georgia Technical College. He attributes his positive…
How to Interview Well
June 19, 2017You only have one chance to make an impression when meeting a hiring manager. Getting to the interview stage of the hiring process can be tough, but once you land an interview you have the opportunity to potentially get the job. Learning how to impress the hiring manager or team…
June: Pride Month at UGA
June 14, 2017June is LGBTQA Pride Month, celebrated to honor the 1969 Stonewall Manhattan riots. All over the world, celebrations of pride are held throughout the month, as well as memorials to those lost from hate crimes. The University of Georgia is no exception.