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    Coursera - BS in Computer Science from top university for only $10k !

    I am going to call this sheer insanity. I took the Google IT Support Professional program while I was on leave from work for a bit and anyone who...
    Post by: gbrogan, Jul 17, 2022 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Anyone use CodeNinja's?

    As a former CS teacher for young students (8-12), Code Monkey was the absolute best program I ever used. It starts out easy but gets more...
    Post by: gbrogan, Oct 30, 2021 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Certifications, Associates, Do They Hold Any Weight In CS/IT?

    Most help desks are now remote, most computer services are cloud based so the days of fixing hardware and stuff are long gone. For that reason,...
    Post by: gbrogan, Sep 20, 2020 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Google's IT certification heads for college curriculum

    On topic: I have to raise an eyebrow at college credit being given for this course. I took and finished it a few months ago. All of the labs...
    Post by: gbrogan, Oct 3, 2018 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Google IT support course offered at 25 community colleges

    You're welcome. My initial post was a lot longer but I wanted to avoid the tl;dr. Happy to answer any questions about it. It was worth it for me...
    Post by: gbrogan, Jun 29, 2018 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Google IT support course offered at 25 community colleges

    I took this course. Finished it about a month ago. I enjoyed it but the labs that were required came with step by step instructions on completing...
    Post by: gbrogan, Jun 29, 2018 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Good for you Aspen University

    Interesting. I got my MS there in 2011 or 12 (I can't remember now). Never heard a word from them after that and I've even sent them a couple of...
    Post by: gbrogan, Mar 11, 2017 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Aspen University

    I am a graduate of Aspen. The school had a very good reputation and I enrolled when David Lady's predecessor (I forget the name) was president....
    Post by: gbrogan, Sep 3, 2016 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Forgiving Student Debt

    Allowing college loans to be discharged in bankruptcy would be a slap in the face to everyone that attended community colleges, took longer to...
    Post by: gbrogan, Jul 12, 2016 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    The Myth of Working Your Way Through College

    I completely agree that it is not as easy as it used to be but if it is doable in NY, it's hard to believe that everywhere else is just...
    Post by: gbrogan, May 7, 2015 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    The Myth of Working Your Way Through College

    I live in NYC which is extremely expensive and have a handful of friends who worked in retail stores, lived at home, saved up and paid for a...
    Post by: gbrogan, May 7, 2015 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Textbooks. 'Ebooks'

    There is a company called 1 Dollar Scan in California that a friend of mine told me about a couple of years ago. You send them the paper copy of a...
    Post by: gbrogan, May 7, 2015 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    edx & ASU partnership

    I posted this the other day and it got deleted for being duplicated. Personally, I think it should have been left here since this forum gets tons...
    Post by: gbrogan, Apr 25, 2015 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Columbia Pacific Univ & "The Devil's Knot" movie

    Isn't Devil's Knot a fiction movie based on true events? My post was talking about the actual documentary of the trial of the WM3 that came out...
    Post by: gbrogan, Jun 23, 2014 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Columbia Pacific Univ & "The Devil's Knot" movie

    You can see the actual guy squirm on the witness stand in the original WM3 film Paradise Lost. He was grilled on what courses he took at Columbia...
    Post by: gbrogan, Jun 23, 2014 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions