Difficulty of Online Colleges

Re: Grading at Walden

Yes, APA, do you by chance you the Word APA software bolt on to help? If so, is it worth it? Does it help? Anyone else out there buy, use and like this add on? Are there better brands than others?

 

I may be wrong, but I get the feeling that is the cheapest route thta established B&M's go to get a "Online" program out there to capture the market share they are loosing or trying to make an attempt to gain as new revenue. It's a clear sign that for-profit and non-profit online colleges and universites are having an impact on B&M. If I'm all kinked up about my assumption here, someone please come straighten me out.

 

BTW, I'm not knocking your school, not one bit, I have no problem with the delivery, as long as your happy and stisfied, so am I.

 

Re: Re: Difficulty of Online Colleges

I beg to differ, online schools are more so under a microscope than the B&M, regionally accredited ones that is I do believe. I dont think one is harder than the other, I think the stress of fashion clothing (are the holes in my jeans cool enough?, and does he/she think I'm cute, and if I ask this question do I look stupid, and if I speak will I sound like a hick and get laughed at..... is all removed, it's just raw learning, just all the BS (read: drama) stripped away. Once you take out all the drama and distractions, you have learning, which is what onine delivers. Perhaps the percepetion of online is easier do to those observations I've made.

 

Interesting about the HOPE thing, never heard of it before. Sounds to easy to blame that as to not fail people, maybe people are just smarter and fail less in Georga? Did I understand that right?

I can tell you that it would have to do a whole heck of a lot with the professors, no doubt.

 

I've had the impression that it's the fact that they are dealing with working adults as returning adult learners, a whole different animal than the fresh out of HS kid ready to learn how to hold his liquor at his frat house, where he also learns to use drugs properly and cheat on tests. There is a giant difference between the two learners, dude with cool car he built in HS ready to scam on college coeds, oh, and dress fashionable for school... and married guy who works, pays bills, has a wife and children that he must provide for and needs a degree in higher learner to better his position so party dude in cool car won't be his brainless boss in a few years. Ok, I put a biased exaggerated twist on that, but you get the general idea here, right? Adults are to be treated as adults, not children, so the entrance for adults will be lenient as they haven't been to school in many a year.

 

Re: Re: Grading at Walden

understand that MLA is a little easy, it's used for more general stuff, and APA is a little harder and is used more for scientific applications. Either way, I find them hard, and I'll be buying a Word APA template to help me, plus whatever online facilitated help my online university can help me with.

 

Re: University of Phoenix Online

I agree with you except on your last part, learn in an independent manner, at UOP? I did the UOP for the 1st GEN300 class and there is that Learning Team, some call POD's. I felt that they dragged me down, though I could put up with them, as I've worked in the It world in nothing but teams for over 20+ years, and I've been part of a virtual team for over 5 years now. I found the team concept at UOP designed more for the really young people or people who just simply have never worked in a team environment ever. I wished it were optional. How did you finance your education at UOP? FA + Company Tuition Reimbursement?

 

Re: I work for KU what do you want to know?

Ok, not trying to be a suck up here, but I agree. (Skipping past my AAS, and many other places of credit based institutions, certifications, etc...) I went to UOP recently, then decided during the 1st class that I wanted to take all my classes back to back and get this degree completed, and not only take do 2 classes per year as originally planned, AND go 100% online. That’s when I realized UOP is really pricey. So I went through a LOT of research, checked out all the online regionally accredited, blah, blah, blahs, bounced the data against all my criteria, weighed the pros and cons and finally decided upon Kaplan University. For me, my degree plan, where I am, what I have already done, not to mention the way I was treated, I'm quite pleased with my decision. Kaplan is a highly-respected name, well known for it's renowned test review centers everywhere as well as it's test prep materials and many other educational materials out the Wahoo, no one will question this distance learning degree.

 

Here's what I got from what you said above:

People will grow to fit what others set as their expectations. If your mother thinks or treats you as though your retarded, then you and your grades will reflect that of a retarded person, even if your not retarded.

Let no one hold you down.

 

Re: I teach at the Commu College level

My dad, who passed away almost 4 years ago, was an English professor for 40 years. I remember him telling me that one of my schoolmates, not a close friend, was in his freshman English class. He was failing the whole time. He came to my dad on the regular visit times and asked for and got plenty of help. The guy had some type of learning disability. He still failed the class. He tried harder than any other kid my dad had in any freshman class he had before at that time, according to my father. Because of this, he passed him. With what grade I do not know, but he passed him because he honestly busted his hump and tried his best to learn, unlike all the other hung over frat rats that never lifted a finger when they had the chance, oh yeah, till the very end. My dad, though humorous, nice, intelligent, and always willing to help was also very hard, but just and fair, yes, he was a human being. So this goes to say… speak up! Show that you’re trying to learn when you’re having a hard time learning the content. Communicate; it’s called “Expectation Management”.

 

I thought she did answer your question, then she answered your next progressive question she was anticipating, as I'll bet it gets asked a lot of her.

At UOP, my SMU prof that did my GEN300 class also taught at SMU, UOP and had two business on the side she ran. Neat lady.