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Originally Posted by npumcrisz
What is your take?
Easy and or convenient way to get a degree?
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Yes
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Do you phantom taking distance learning programs?
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Yes, I'm taking this entire semester online.
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Are these college/ university programs worth it?
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Well, that depends on how much you are paying I guess
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Which programs do you think are "NO NO" distance learning programs? I am presently thinking medical school programs. I hear they suck if not properly "done".
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Well I will not give specifics; but my suggestion is to go to a school that has a strong "brick & mortar" presence as well (like Nova Southeastern University...although they don't have a medical program).
This is my first semester taking online classes; I have 4 of them. 1 is excellent (the course's website...actually done by the publisher of the textbook, has multimedia, a place for the instructor to upload movies and other media, and capabilities to support group work), 1 is good (it's a math class...so the instructor upload a lot of notes and links to resources and some animated examples...but overall it just boils down to you doing tons of homework to "get it right"), and 2 are not so good. The courses that I consider "not good" basically have you read through the book and e-mail in your homework and projects and take some tests at the local testing center. To me, that is
not the best use of internet technology and I'm losing out on quality instruction interaction.
Like I mentioned before, this is my first semester taking
any sort of online class really (years ago I had an Engineering class that was "internet enhanced" though). I'm a junior, and I really feel that the classroom environment fosters more success. But this is mainly because the online learning environment has the danger of being severly 1 dimensional. Again, there are exceptions to this (like my one class); but it's really touch and go at this point.
If it is possible in any way, try to talk to some students
wherever you go. I was not able to do this, but I did check out
RateMyProfessors.com , where I was able to find out some information about the professors at least (some who only teach online courses).