[SGVLUG] Free University classes

[Joel Witherspoon]

My wife is taking classes at Univ. of Phoenix online. In her classes she is
paired up in online teams that do projects and write papers. They Skype-meet
once a week to discuss topics on their projects and use a DAV tool for
updating papers. So remediation is there, it's just not face-to-face.

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Dan Borne <danborne.kde at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have 1 years of credits done.
>
> No, I understand, I just believe many more persons would do such a
> programme were they to receive something in return, aside from knowledge.
>
> 2008/9/23 matti <mathew_2000 at yahoo.com>
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> >       But none of these classes count for any credit, or am I
>> > mistaken?
>>
>>
>> > The point is:  They don't count for any credit card!
>>
>>
>> the universities with online courses I have looked at:
>>
>> IF you want Credit you will have to pay,
>>
>> often at the same price per unit as a
>> normal class - but sometimes without
>> even lectures or TAs or the usual students
>> you can get together to study with.
>>
>>
>> I'm very curious to see how the internet
>> and online learning will change the traditional
>> university model.
>>
>> Certainly I can see a lot of value to home schooling
>> with online educational opportunities.
>>
>> properly done I would think that a high school
>> graduating student could basically have already
>> covered 1-2 years of college material.
>>
>> best
>> matti
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