[SGVLUG] Free University classes

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Hello all,

I am in the process of taking a masters on line.  I am not impressed,  I think it has a lot to do with classrooms.  We don't meet online and discuss.  No skype or any other form of online conformation of teamwork.   I really like these posts and all the information it provides.  I am a novice with linux, but feel my experience with vmware and the command line helps me often. 

Keep the great comments coming !!

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Manny. B.  
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Joel Witherspoon" <joel.witherspoon at gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:16:06 
To: SGVLUG Discussion List.<sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Free University classes


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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