<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840277890567465218</id><updated>2011-04-21T11:23:44.316-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Decision for an Online Degree!</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://online-degrees-plan.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2840277890567465218/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://online-degrees-plan.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Kevin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14985953246257299447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840277890567465218.post-7050544961259642953</id><published>2009-04-06T04:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-06T04:48:55.284-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Online Degree Plan and the need for it!</title><content type='html'>Hey folks!!! how is everybody doing? Before going any further let me introduce myself. I am Jordan, by profession I am a web designer, and working in an IT company. Here is a little about my professional background. One of the most important parts of my job is to be in sync with the ever changing field of technology/multimedia. Well, quite frankly if I am not then it would be me who will be on the lacking side. It is not that I am not happy with my job but with the change in technology I need to update myself. I planned to update my professional profile as well, with an additional degree.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hmmm so now when I have taken the first step of making my mind to pursue a degree, the second step is searching an authentic website which will provide me with the online degree in my field. I started my thought procedure and concluded with that I have two options wide open in front of me i.e. discussing with my friends and searching online. So, I made use of the first option and asked one of my friends, Tom, who has also done Bachelor of Arts in English from the some online university is getting a handsome pay package and a superior designation close to the top-level management. When Tom shared the name of the website with me, I realized that I have also visited the same website a day before while surfing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I visited &lt;a href="http://www.thedegreeexperts.com/"&gt;thedegreeexperts.com&lt;/a&gt; (That’s what Tom talked about), the one thing that attracted me the most was the number of courses that they were offering. I had found that no other website was offering the same number of courses like they were providing. But I was not concerned with the number of courses that the website was offering me but I was in search of a particular university course which can help me professionally. There was one university which suited me the best- University of Phoenix which was offering me Master’s of web designing and multimedia, as web design was my portfolio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first reason that I made a decision to choose &lt;a href="http://www.phoenix.edu/"&gt;University of Phoenix&lt;/a&gt; was realizing that I also had to go to my regular job and it’ll become difficult to attend regular classes. But with the online degree I don’t have to attend the regular classes. With the online specialization it will really help me a lot in my field and can increase my future career prospects. I will get both theoretical and practical exposure and that too without any hassle. At University of Phoenix the online payment method is also very easy but all I need to do is to provide the university with the authentic information.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I had the formal knowledge of the web designing and multimedia but this course will enhance my knowledge about designing. With the help of this course I will be developing new skills like- web scripting, audio/video media and animation, advanced HTML, flex, and advanced java. These are all new web designing concepts for me because I am not using them currently, so if I know them then it would be an added advantage for me. I hope that pursuing my degree from University of Phoenix will be a very hassle free experience. With the help of a professional degree in web designing and multimedia it will also help me in developing my communication skills.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It will be helping me in developing my sense of visualization and different ways of logical thinking. Though I have knowledge of choosing the right tools but with this particular course I will be doing this in a more efficient manner. Frankly, I was not able to comprehend the benefits and the constraints in the field of designing and multimedia but after doing this course I am sure I will be aware of it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was not aware of all the career opportunities which I am having after completing my degree. This has really cheered me up because in future if I want to change my job then I can also try my luck in following fields- print/electronic media, advertising agencies, animation companies, and freelancing. After completing my Master’s of web designing and multimedia I will be increasing my knowledge about graphics, scripting, and other important aspects of web designing. I don’t think that there is anything more that I could have asked for. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would like to end here and really want to thank thedegreeexperts.com for their thorough efforts. 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