Anyone ever taken an online college course?

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

i don't like online classes. i always end up posting here instead of working. also if you are serious about learning, i learn more from a teacher then a computer screen

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

YOu gon be staying in chicago or leaving to go somewhere else for college?

I done gradumatated callege. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[LoudCrownVic 5,000+ posts]

I done gradumatated callege. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Effin sweet. Count on me getting ahold of you sometime //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Ill be visiting an old friend who is a chicago cop and meybbe I can come meet you then. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[noob with an RS 10+ year member]

online classes are easy cuz when u take tests u can open new windows to reflect back on the chapter. open book tests FTW

 

[LoudCrownVic 5,000+ posts]

I don't need learning as much as i need college credit... Just vocab and concepts is all I'm gonna be getting, i figure I can do that on my own time

 

[joshpoints 10+ year member]

I'm thinking bout taking some of these as a replacement for actual day to day college attendance.
Question, how did you like the online courses and were they worth the effort to you?

Depends on the teacher. Some teachers **** at it. Some teachers make it more diffiicult than attending a physical classroom by a whole lot. Currently I'm taking one where the class participation requires you to write 2 papers a week. Then you have HW which is essentially like writing another paper. Then you have the various books that you have to read and weekly links of more reading material. Then you have actual papers due on top of that. But this teacher was on reviewum.com and basically students said she acted like she was teaching an important subject at harvard. And i can't miss any oppertunities for points because I've only been getting 1/2 to 3/4 credit.

 

[LoudCrownVic 5,000+ posts]

Depends on the teacher. Some teachers **** at it. Some teachers make it more diffiicult than attending a physical classroom by a whole lot. Currently I'm taking one where the class participation requires you to write 2 papers a week. Then you have HW which is essentially like writing another paper. Then you have the various books that you have to read and weekly links of more reading material. Then you have actual papers due on top of that. But this teacher was on reviewum.com and basically students said she acted like she was teaching an important subject at harvard.

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif Dam I hate those. I've had teachers like that before. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[LoudCrownVic 5,000+ posts]

Any ojther opinions? i'm researching as we speak.

 

[Wonderbread 5,000+ posts]

Which classes are you looking at taking?

Do you have a lot of self-discipline to get on there and do your readings and do your own learning?

On-line classes can potentially turn out very poorly if you don't put a lot of effort into them, or if you don't work well on your own.

 

[LoudCrownVic 5,000+ posts]

Which classes are you looking at taking?
Do you have a lot of self-discipline to get on there and do your readings and do your own learning?

On-line classes can potentially turn out very poorly if you don't put a lot of effort into them, or if you don't work well on your own.

I realize that it takes alot of personal contol and motivation, which is something that I am very very poor at. I learn stuff extremely quickly in the classroom, rarely need to read much of the material unless it seems frivious to me (wrong attitude)

So far I'm going to be working at taking business courses only, working for a business degree such as managemeny. Probably courses like accounting, microeconomics, advanced gen eds basically in the business feild.

 

[joshpoints 10+ year member]

I realize that it takes alot of personal contol and motivation, which is something that I am very very poor at. I learn stuff extremely quickly in the classroom, rarely need to read much of the material unless it seems frivious to me (wrong attitude)
So far I'm going to be working at taking business courses only, working for a business degree such as managemeny. Probably courses like accounting, microeconomics, advanced gen eds basically in the business feild.

Realize you are also limited by how organized and how good the teacher is. I've had two where I learned very little not because I didn't put the effort in but because the material and assignments were not clearly presented and were often presented in bulk way late so you had to cram to learn the material right before the tests. They sometimes expect you to complete something immediately yet they delay greatly on assigning it.

 

[LoudCrownVic 5,000+ posts]

Realize you are also limited by how organized and how good the teacher is. I've had two where I learned very little not because I didn't put the effort in but because the material and assignments were not clearly presented and were often presented in bulk way late so you had to cram to learn the material right before the tests. They sometimes expect you to complete something immediately yet they delay greatly on assigning it.

I will be sure to keep that in mind while taking the course. Thanks for the help man //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif