Thursday, June 30, 2011

Find Distance Learning for Editorial Styles MLA and APA

If you are a professional writer or proofreader, or are someone who is interested in taking up the trade, distance learning might be a great option for you. If you are already in the trade, you should know the difference between styles of writing.

Two different schools that provide writing guidelines are the Modern Language Association (MLA) and the American Psychological Association (APA).

You can become familiar with each of these styles by reading their corresponding manuals.

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

How to Proofread your Own Work

Proofreading is something that not just anyone does well. That's why some people are paid to do it for us, people with experience in proofreading and/or some kind of formal education, such as a distance learning course in proofreading.

However, if you're a prolific writer, hiring a proofreader to review your content can become expensive. In order to make more efficient use of your proofreader, some tips are to: allow some time between writing and proofreading. Proofread your own work at your most alert time of the day. Read your work out loud. Use spell check. Proofread your text for only one type of error until moving on to another one. Take notes on your most common errors.

See related post: Copy-editing and Proofreading Distance Learning

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Virtual Worlds, Real Results: Online Learning Programs for High Schoolers

As more young people experience online learning, and as online education becomes more sophisticated, young people's learning experience becomes more translatable into a work context. Given the benefits that online courses and virtual world e-learning provides students, more and more schools have been integrating advanced technology and e-learning supplementation into their curricula.

Therefore, more and more young people are graduating high school prepared not only for further education, but also for a highly
competitive job market that prizes ICT skills above many other skills.

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