My oldest will graduate high school this year. I’ve told myself the last several years that when she went to college, I needed to go back and get a master’s degree, but from where should I get it? A local university? Or an online university? Convenience dictates online degree programs, but what about cost?  When looking at online opportunities, I found Western Governors University. WGU is fully accredited, but a non-profit organization which makes their programs very affordable. One of the degrees that I looked at was the master of Education in Learning and Technology. With my current teaching assignment, this one makes lots of sense. An important notation that I noticed when looking at this program is that WGU is the only exclusively online teacher education institution in the nation … Read entire article »