Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Emerging media essential for grads


Not specific to online learning, but I found this article to be very interesting, and relevant.


Knowing how to navigate the Internet, blog and operate a BlackBerry is paying off for recent graduates. A study released by Ball State University found 67 percent of companies were willing to pay employees with emerging media skills a starting salary one to 4 percent higher than those without.

Read the entire article here

1 comment:

René Sadae said...

I think this makes for a good "WOU HOO'S" actually. Some encouragement for faculty to help their students acquire more useful skills to compete in the job market with, and something they can pass on to their students to validate the online assignments.

"WOU HOO'S - More Money!"