"NCU Parking Parking may occasionally be a problem for NCU students—particularly for those Learners who live in urban areas with alternating opposite-side parking. But not to worry: Visit our NCU Gift Shop and pick up your own Northcentral University Virtual Parking Permit. They’re just 95¢—available in magnetic or decal varieties—and honored at NCU campuses worldwide." I found this is hallarious! Are they going to have some sort of Virtual Sports? Like Football, Baseball, Basketball by using xBox 360?
I have my virtual parking permit, I can park anywhere I want as long is in the virtual world. I am wondering if that would be an issue with the real world thought? We have a virtual Football team with cheerleaders etc...but I have not been able to participate on these events.
Reminds me of this article on the Onion. "Online University Cracks Down on Rowdy Online Fraternity" http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30685
On a slightly related topic... I have always been a vocal and determined advocate for eliminating any reference to the term "virtual" as it relates to online learning/education. I have been a student/learner with two fully online universities and a full and part time faculty and administrator for a few as well. There is nothing virtual about any online university I have been associated with, and certainly nothing even remotely like virtual learning. Real faculty Real administrators Real students Real curriculum Real assessments Real challenges Real learning Real late nights Real and measurable outcomes Even real bricks and mortar where the hundreds of real academic governance and learner support staff work Virtually nothing at all that resembles "virtual learning" Virtual reality is a thing that is not real and only resembles the real thing. Online education and online universities are as real as real gets.
