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When am I going to be able to do self-paced for credit courses from good schools online without the crazy price tag?

by happytiger 4y ago

cinntaile 4y ago
An important component of credit courses is the time limitness so this seems unlikely to happen.
- samvher 4y ago
  > An important component of credit courses is the time limitness Huh? Why would that be an important component? I mean I know that it's typical for courses that come with credit, but in my mind it's just a side effect of the administrative side of providing courses, not something that's at all central to accreditation. I.e. if you build up the knowledge over a longer period (which you can still do with e.g. resits) that's completely fine as well.
  - solarmist 4y ago
    Mostly because self-paced = doesn’t finish. Read any of the research on MOOCs and it becomes clear that we don’t have a clue how to write a self-paced course people finish with any regularity.
Icathian 4y ago
Self-paced is the tough ask. Part of the value of formal schooling is the forcing function of deadlines to make you actually spend the time and absorb the material.
artificialLimbs 4y ago
How much do you think it should cost?
- Icathian 4y ago
  Georgia Tech's OMSCS comes in at about $7k total. I think that's a good place to start.
elteto 4y ago
Why should online classes be any cheaper? I'm not talking about self-paced, certificate only classes, where you never interact with a real human. You can already find plenty of these for free from any number of top schools. I'm talking about a real class, for real credit, with a real professor and assignments graded by real humans. Online students end up consuming the same resources as regular students (with the exception of occupying space in a physical classroom). What's more, online students require _extra_ accommodations, since they can't just stop by the professor's office for office hours. They have to setup online meetings for that, etc.

When am I going to be able to do self-paced for credit courses from good schools online without the crazy price tag?

cinntaile 4y ago

An important component of credit courses is the time limitness so this seems unlikely to happen.

samvher 4y ago
> An important component of credit courses is the time limitness Huh? Why would that be an important component? I mean I know that it's typical for courses that come with credit, but in my mind it's just a side effect of the administrative side of providing courses, not something that's at all central to accreditation. I.e. if you build up the knowledge over a longer period (which you can still do with e.g. resits) that's completely fine as well.
- solarmist 4y ago
  Mostly because self-paced = doesn’t finish. Read any of the research on MOOCs and it becomes clear that we don’t have a clue how to write a self-paced course people finish with any regularity.

Icathian 4y ago

Self-paced is the tough ask. Part of the value of formal schooling is the forcing function of deadlines to make you actually spend the time and absorb the material.

artificialLimbs 4y ago

How much do you think it should cost?

Icathian 4y ago
Georgia Tech's OMSCS comes in at about $7k total. I think that's a good place to start.

elteto 4y ago

Why should online classes be any cheaper? I'm not talking about self-paced, certificate only classes, where you never interact with a real human. You can already find plenty of these for free from any number of top schools. I'm talking about a real class, for real credit, with a real professor and assignments graded by real humans. Online students end up consuming the same resources as regular students (with the exception of occupying space in a physical classroom). What's more, online students require _extra_ accommodations, since they can't just stop by the professor's office for office hours. They have to setup online meetings for that, etc.