I have had some good experiences and bad experiences with online classes so far. My main gripes are with team assignments and availability of some of the instructors. Just for the record nothing bad refers to this class. I have had nothing but good experiences with DMD online classes. Team assignments are fine, I can work with most anyone. The problem is not giving a way to communicate easier with your team. Making it so that teams have to meet in person for an online class defeats the purpose of the class. I know that an instructor can set up a class chat room but most don't bother to do it. That annoys me greatly since a student has to work extra hard for online classes anyway. As for availability, I have had several instructors that take a week or more to respond to an email. If I have a question about a weekly assignment and don't get a response until the following week then what help is that exactly? I have even been involved in a class that had to go to the Dean over lack of communication from the instructor. After I graduate in the Spring I will be immediately beginning work for my Bachelor's degree at Franklin and all the classes will be online so I do enjoy these kinds of classes. Has anyone else had similar issues?
I want to also say thank you to all of the veterans out there who have served and put their lives on the line for all of us. Thank you.
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I have had similar experiences with team projects. Most of these have been the business classes. And yes, it does defeat the purpose of online classes if you have to schedule time to meet with people. Who has those kinds of extra hours? I also agree with you on the DMD classes. All of the ones that I've taken whether online or live have been good. Must be a different breed of people who take these classes! Good post!
Mine were ALL business classes. Kinda funny how that works. Thanks.
Agreed! I also think there are a lot of things instructors can do to improve their product. I have had some very well presented online classes and some poorly presented online classes.
I am definitely no expert, but it seems to me that if you put the time into creating a solid template for an online class that the rest will fall into place (?).
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