I am a dedicated military spouse and have been for a happy 10 years. In my down time I graduated from University of Florida with an Associate of Arts. This is the part of my story when I decided to focus my educational path towards the psychology field. I attended University of Maryland where I received a Bachelor’s of Science focused in psychology and arts. I am planning to earn a Master’s degree in psychology with emphasis in art therapy. I am currently working on my Masters degree in Distance Education. I have achieved all of my higher education milestones through distance education. I would not have been able to accomplish my goals if not for distance education.
My long term goal is to put my education and experience to work helping military families deal with the stresses of the military life style. This can be a very stressful experience and learning ways to cope with deployments, home comings, transitions to new duty stations, family dynamic changes, and every other part of military life can be challenging for each member of the family. I want to help military families find easier ways to deal with these issues. I have worked with the family readiness/ Key advisor program for 10 years and have seen how stress can impact each member of the family unit. In my spare time my husband and I love to travel. We take a new exciting adventure every year for our anniversary. We have grown children and a horde of grandchildren. We visit them as much as possible. We also have a very spoiled West highland terrier who runs the house. |
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F&Q http://www.worldwidelearn.com/education-articles/history-of-distance-learning.html How to write reflectively The University of South Wales. (2008). The Learning Centre: Reflective Writing. Retrieved from: http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/pdf/reflective.pdf |
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Professor Börje Holmberg video on empathy http://youtu.be/mXRMKkHe9yE references-Holmberg, B. (2005). The evolution, principles, and practice of distance education (pp. 13-36). Oldenburg, Germany: BIS-Verlag der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg. Available from http://www.box.com/shared/y97qyc7m0t |
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Distance education has been a part of my higher education journey from the start. Being a military family we are always moving. Distance education courses has allowed for the moving process to continue without interrupting my scholastic endeavors. I know several military members that have relied on the distance education programs to continue their pursuits of degrees. I have not altered my definition of what I think distance learning is by much. I do think there is so much more to teaching student online than trying to teach face to face. |