Thursday, March 27, 2008
Challenges Of Taking Online Courses
I'm a 27 year old wife, mother, daughter, sister, and etc and I have a ton of duties and responsibilities throughout the week. The reason why I chose to take a couple of courses online was for the convenience of not having to attend an actual class on campus. I work full time and living here in Atlanta is quite difficult to get to an actual college campus after work hours due to traffic, having a dependable babysitter, and etc. We all have seen advertisement for Online Courses and to me, it looked very appealing, considering that I have a hectic schedule. I'm sure many students can agree that online courses is the greatest thing since slice bread. There are many institutes such as Devry and University of Phoenix that offers a variety of programs where students can learn and earn their degree at their own convenience. My experience with taking an online course has been quite challenging. I didn't realize that with attending an online course, there's an attendance policy. I thought the purpose of attending an online class was to work at your own pace and at your own time. I was wrong. I was quite disturbed about the attendance policy. If I was to attend an actual class on campus, I would have never made it to class on time and considering that this is my first time, I would have thought that my instructor would have been understanding but I was wrong. I stick to a certain motto. "You have to crawl before you walk" and that's just the same as a beginner of an online course. I'm sure with more practices and more online classes, everything will fall into place. Practice makes perfect and I'm a total advocate of that. With that said, Good luck to any and all of you who are attending online courses and I wish all of you the best on your future endeavor!
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I also took the online course to avoid trying to get to a campus after work. This is not my first online class, but I find this one very challenging. We have been constantly working everyday. I thought I would have a day off occassionally. The good thing is we are almost to the finish line. Let's dig our heels in and finish like champions.
This is my third online class. I prefer online classes for the same reasons as you. I do like the attendance, because I work better with deadlines (I think I would slack otherwise). My experience is that there is much more work with online classes versus attending classes at campus. That is just something you have to accept for convenience.
I, too, share your sentiments. This is not my first on-line class, however, this is the most challenging emotionally because of the deadlines and the fact that, since we are grouped in teams, other people rely on you as well.
In my other on-line class we worked independently. Even though I would like to express some of those emotions in writing somedays (somedays I have, mildly), you just have to reaccess things and put them in perspective. Don't stress, everything will be fine.
This is my first semester taking online classes because I don't have time to go to class this semester. For 3 months, I have been taking my mom and a sister to doctors' appt. They both have more than 10 appt. every month. I am dying. I sleep only 4 hours every night and some homeworks are still behind. I do like both online and actual classes, online classes I dont have to go to campus but it has more work assignments than. Online class is a big challenge for that much homework assignments myself, and I believe all of you out there, have to work on daily. I wish this semester is over soon, I need some sleep.
Kathy
This is my first online class and it has been rather challenging for me as well as I work double shifts to make ends meet. I must say though, that as challenging as it has been, it has helped me prioritize my time more efficiently and will help me when I take on future academic assignments. Good luck to all on a successful end to a busy semester.
I know what you mean I came from the UOP actually. Sadly nothing transfered from there like they said it would. This is why I believe that we are in a better college now. Hang in there you will do fine it does take some getting used to.
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