Liberty University now partnered with Straighterline

OK, time to chill out.

 

This is a personal attack that will not be tolerated. Please keep you comments civil.

 

It is common courtesy on Degree Info not to bring up grammatical or spelling errors made by others. We all make mistakes sometimes and the polite thing to do is to ignore them.

 

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The opposite would hold true as well in a lot of B&M schools. I have seen a decent amount of students that excel in multiple choice exams. They simply just understand the format. Now ask them to answer that same question face-to-face and it will be a whole different ball game.

I would agree that online exams don't need to be proctored in order to measure learning. I have had two 30 minutes quizes at Liberty University. 30 minutes for 20 questions...you just have to GO. If you haven't read, you will get burned.

 

Exactly, I wish more schools would do that. I fear that many of them don't want their classes to be difficult. They are more concerned that they attract students.

 

However, there are timed tests that would require you to read in order to obtain the information. All my classes consisted of times tests (3 which only provided me 30 minutes to complete each test). Some classes are open book tests but the questions given are applications questions that would be necessary to read to fully understand the concepts and course assignments. I find it no different if you had a teacher who at a B&M who offered an open book/open notes test; except that you are expected to complete your tests withing an allotted time; if you go over your time, then points are deducted or no grade is given.

 

You are right. I was just answering Maxwell_Smart’s question.

I love Liberty and enjoyed attending commencement last month. I'm proud of my degree and worked my tail off to complete it. I have no issues with how classes are setup at Liberty.

 

You get what you put into your education and it is no different at Straighterline.
Students have to attest to a code of conduct when taking tests. Students who cheat are cheating themselves.
I do prefer CLEP and DSST credit to ACE credit any day of the week, but for those courses that have no CLEP equivalent, Straighterline is a great option.
I took Accounting I&II, Business Comm, Anatomy&Physiology I&II at Straighterline and I did learn a lot.

 

I don't think proctoring is for measuring learning. I think it's there to watch students and make sure they aren't given an open and unchecked option of cheating on an exam.

 

On the "other" board there is a thread about someone completing 12 courses in 30 days, someone that completed 7 courses in one week while working 40-hours, and other instances of people busting through them in short order. Compare that to CLEP completion.....

 

Honestly, that's not that amazing to me. I completed 36 credits in 30 days with CLEP/Dantes. The max CLEP/Dantes in one week for me was only 5 though. That was with the proctors and everything. If you have the resources available you can really cover a ton of ground with CLEPS/Dantes in a very short amount of time.

 

Of course, there is that guy who said you could finish an Excelsior BS in 60 days from scratch. Extremely difficult to pull off but likely not impossible.

I'm sure there are plenty of naysayers who would negate the value of any sort of accelerated credits being awarded. Personally, I can attest to having learned more from most of the CLEPs/DSSTs I studied for than I would have from equivalent butt-in-seat lecture courses.

 

So there were 36 credits in 30 days including all study time?

 

I agree. I have taken a lot of CLEPs and definitely learned a lot studying for them.

 

Yes, including all the study time. Plus at the time I was still active duty Air Force. Granted when I wasn't at work I was studying...pretty much nonstop. I was even studying on my lunch break at times. I'm not saying that it's easy but it's definitely doable.

 

StraighterLine now requires proctoring. We appreciate your feedback.