Learning from a Distance

Hertfordshire

After more than two decades of non-stop work, I feel it is time to upgrade again.
Earlier in the year, I inquired on MBA programmes from a few private schools here.
To my horror, the postgraduate diploma I have from Chartered Institute of Marketing UK, had devalued.
This is because they now speed course the usual 3-year programme into just six months.
I do not blame the academics to raise the bar, given this questionable trend from my alma mater. 
We used to be courted by University of Hull for the Masters programme but now, they won't even take a look at me even if I pay the hefty sum of thirty over thousand dollars. As much of an work experience I have, it constitutes to nothing in their eyes as long as I do not head a team of staff to count for my professionalism.
They do not care if our staff hierarchy is a flat one.

I enjoy learning and I love to learn. And so I dove back to finding the next plan of action to satisfy my thirst.
There are several other MBA programmes that will take me but I feel that I need some greasing of my brain before I commit, hence I've taken a sidetrack and signed up for a distance learning course with University of Hertforshire for their Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. With my credits, I will join the final year and take eight modules in the span of 12 months.

The lesson is dispatched via a net portal with our student login. It is an academic's haven I must say, you get access to hundreds of books, e-books, journals, papers and pod-casts.
The lessons are also being facilitated by a local partner (BMC) where I attend class twice a week on Tuesday and Friday evenings.

So far, I've just started on three modules overlapping each other and am barely able to finish speed reading the materials and it's already time for assignments. The assignments come in several forms. They are our "exams" so to speak. You got to write essays individually, as a group, do video presentations, online timed quiz as well as timed, open book essay. Each lecturer / professor will have his/her style and we just got to follow. I find this a refreshing learning concept and have turned myself into a "bus-learner". I don't know why but I tend to be able to absorb the lesson even as I read while on the bus or listen to audio podcast while traveling. So I guess this mobile style of lesson plan suits me.

Suddenly, I feel fresh again!

 chapters all marked out awaiting to unleash

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