Comments on: How to: Balance long-term travel and distance education http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/how-to-balance-long-term-travel-and-distance-education/ travel culture worldwide Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: From San Sebastián to Cusco: How I Learned Spanish http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/how-to-balance-long-term-travel-and-distance-education/#comment-40619 From San Sebastián to Cusco: How I Learned Spanish Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:51:49 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4253#comment-40619 [...] mother or to the occasional tourist I chatted with on the street. I started back at university by distance learning and suffered a brief whirl of confusion. I was forced to skip back and forth between the two [...] [...] mother or to the occasional tourist I chatted with on the street. I started back at university by distance learning and suffered a brief whirl of confusion. I was forced to skip back and forth between the two [...]

]]> By: Brainrotting: Ep. 10 – Colombia Drive By Shooting http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/how-to-balance-long-term-travel-and-distance-education/#comment-39934 Brainrotting: Ep. 10 – Colombia Drive By Shooting Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:48:02 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4253#comment-39934 [...] what you hope never does. Most of all, with both travel or motorcycle riding, to keep your balance, you must keep moving. VIDEO CREATED [...] [...] what you hope never does. Most of all, with both travel or motorcycle riding, to keep your balance, you must keep moving. VIDEO CREATED [...]

]]> By: Rebecca http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/how-to-balance-long-term-travel-and-distance-education/#comment-38300 Rebecca Tue, 11 May 2010 17:17:54 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4253#comment-38300 Great piece Camden! Travel & study (even self-paced study) IS exhausting! You offer some great tips here - thanks! Great piece Camden! Travel & study (even self-paced study) IS exhausting! You offer some great tips here – thanks!

]]> By: Camden Luxford http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/how-to-balance-long-term-travel-and-distance-education/#comment-38285 Camden Luxford Tue, 11 May 2010 03:35:33 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4253#comment-38285 Thanks all for reading and commenting! @Ronek - I hope things change for you soon as well, it really is, I think, an equally valid way of completing further studies. But not everyone see it that way, I've had to explain to plenty of people that yes, it is a real degree and yes, it is from a real university. Technology changes faster than attitudes. @Heather - a Masters, wow. A whole new kettle of fish and much more demanding, I would think, especially with mishaps like that - congratulations! Thanks all for reading and commenting!

@Ronek – I hope things change for you soon as well, it really is, I think, an equally valid way of completing further studies. But not everyone see it that way, I’ve had to explain to plenty of people that yes, it is a real degree and yes, it is from a real university. Technology changes faster than attitudes.

@Heather – a Masters, wow. A whole new kettle of fish and much more demanding, I would think, especially with mishaps like that – congratulations!

]]> By: Julie http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/how-to-balance-long-term-travel-and-distance-education/#comment-38284 Julie Tue, 11 May 2010 02:57:25 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4253#comment-38284 Congratulations on publishing your first article on Matador, Camden! This is a great topic for an evergreen article. Congratulations on publishing your first article on Matador, Camden! This is a great topic for an evergreen article.

]]> By: Ronek http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/how-to-balance-long-term-travel-and-distance-education/#comment-38275 Ronek Mon, 10 May 2010 10:35:58 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4253#comment-38275 I admire you. I always wanted to travel around the world and have a chance to study at the same time. But professors in our country just won't let you do that. If you're not there on the spot, you fail. I hope this wrong thinking will turn into good practise (like yours) someday soon. Because when I travel, I study and grow at the same time. Take care. I admire you. I always wanted to travel around the world and have a chance to study at the same time. But professors in our country just won’t let you do that. If you’re not there on the spot, you fail. I hope this wrong thinking will turn into good practise (like yours) someday soon. Because when I travel, I study and grow at the same time. Take care.

]]> By: Alaina O'Brien http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/how-to-balance-long-term-travel-and-distance-education/#comment-38274 Alaina O'Brien Mon, 10 May 2010 10:01:11 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4253#comment-38274 This is something I've recently considered doing...problem is, I'm not sure what I want to study. Thanks for this article! It makes distance leanring + traveling seem much more doable. This is something I’ve recently considered doing…problem is, I’m not sure what I want to study. Thanks for this article! It makes distance leanring + traveling seem much more doable.

]]> By: Heather GG http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/how-to-balance-long-term-travel-and-distance-education/#comment-38250 Heather GG Mon, 10 May 2010 03:52:27 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4253#comment-38250 I completed a Master's degree while living abroad in China and traveling around Asia. I'm particularly proud of one essay I wrote while in a hammock on Koh Chang, Thailand. That said, it was not always easy. I had to withdraw from the program for an entire semester when telecommunications cables off the Taiwan coast were cut by an earthquake in 2007. For one month our Internet connections were limited to Mainland China only. While I really did miss the in-person interactions and networking I could have had with professors and fellow students, distance study was the perfect solution for me. I completed a Master’s degree while living abroad in China and traveling around Asia. I’m particularly proud of one essay I wrote while in a hammock on Koh Chang, Thailand. That said, it was not always easy. I had to withdraw from the program for an entire semester when telecommunications cables off the Taiwan coast were cut by an earthquake in 2007. For one month our Internet connections were limited to Mainland China only. While I really did miss the in-person interactions and networking I could have had with professors and fellow students, distance study was the perfect solution for me.

]]> By: My first published piece – to Matador Abroad on balancing study and travel | The Brink of Something Else http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/how-to-balance-long-term-travel-and-distance-education/#comment-38251 My first published piece – to Matador Abroad on balancing study and travel | The Brink of Something Else Mon, 10 May 2010 02:16:10 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4253#comment-38251 [...] please drop by to read a revised version of my guide to balancing long-term travel with distance education, comment, tweet, share the facebook love, do all those wonderful things that would just totally [...] [...] please drop by to read a revised version of my guide to balancing long-term travel with distance education, comment, tweet, share the facebook love, do all those wonderful things that would just totally [...]

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