Online learning "discussions" are bogus

Rubix · 01-25-2011, 11:35 PM

that is all

SmokeaJoint · 01-25-2011, 11:50 PM

What you referring to Rubix?

Half of what I know, I got off the interwebz.

Rubix · 01-26-2011, 12:08 AM

classes that are 100% online or blended; half in class, half internets.

Grieves · 01-26-2011, 12:10 AM

You should have known hanging out with the #Krew doesn't equate to college level discourse and that you won't get credit for it...

Rubix · 01-26-2011, 12:15 AM

...and i need a screwdriver

The Rev · 01-26-2011, 06:33 AM

Online classes in general are BS.

The Rev

Roach · 01-26-2011, 08:13 AM

depends on the subject and the student.

I prefer programmed text's.

And "online" is most likely the future of education, considering the expense and scope of a "formal" education...government can't handle it.(and probably shouldn't)

Puttin the 20% of unemployed workers back to work in America should be Obama's primary goal, then at least those students coming out of school with these big expensive educations won't need to sign up for welfare upon graduation.

**SageTree** · 01-26-2011, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Rev

Online classes in general are BS.

The Rev

kind of funny considering that 'BS' is an actual designation in academia

Dr. Nick Nasty · 01-26-2011, 11:52 AM

as someone who has been forced to use them as a 'tool' for teaching, i will agree.

Xil · 01-26-2011, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SageTree

kind of funny considering that 'BS' is an actual designation in academia

when people ask me my major i like to say i'm getting a BA in BS (philosophy)

**SageTree** · 01-26-2011, 11:57 AM

^maaaaan I never went to school and I still got a street level cert for that

SmokeaJoint · 01-26-2011, 12:08 PM

I support this proposition.

**SageTree** · 01-26-2011, 12:11 PM

Worked at YaHooka!!!

Rubix · 01-26-2011, 07:18 PM

most of the time, you have people responding to your posts with "Yes, I agree blah blah blah" and we're suppose to have a minimum number of posts per chapter.

Rubix · 01-27-2011, 03:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roach

And "online" is most likely the future of education, considering the expense and scope of a "formal" education...government can't handle it.(and probably shouldn't)

And yet I still have to pay more for online, even tho I attend classes at the bricks and mortar school still already. One of my instructors, whom I've known for three years, moved to TN two years ago and does his work from there so we gotta email him or skype to get ahold of him. Although it's not THAT bad, I'd prefer to be dragged into a classroom and forced to be lectured on a mainstream basis. There is no motivation to give a shit (let alone TWO shits), about online classes.

but HEY, at least im not getting sucked into university of phoenix or some outrageously expensive private school which thrives off its enormous marketing power. MN state colleges and universities use a program called D2L (desire to learn), and so now a student must pay an IT fee to take a class which might use the software for a quiz or a group discussion.

my_scatterheart · 01-27-2011, 08:50 AM

^I totally agree, but I've found that online or "hybrid"s (one class day a week for quizzes or whatever, and the rest online) are a good compromise when you have a heavy course load, and still have a bs course you need to get out of the way. Way back when I took all my english comps as hybrids, and whatever computer classes I had to take..., and I think nutrition. Oh and one of my many psych classes. -It really is convenient, imo. Luckily I've never had post requirements on those stupid fucking discussion boards, profs have been really understanding about not using that, so that's been a blessing fo sho

**Mafoo** · 01-27-2011, 10:25 AM

i never had to do the discussions online, but i wasforced to do discussions in person on topics like gun control and abortion. i happen to be really liberal on those issues so naturally the debates were always heated

fuck group work in general. its not like theres going to be a group of names on my diploma when im done, let me earn my points

my_scatterheart · 01-27-2011, 11:07 AM

I always earn my points. More like, let those assholes earn their own.

**Mafoo** · 01-27-2011, 11:12 AM

truth, thats what i was trying to say, i see you are fluent in mafoo

i once had to do a group project by myself and it stressed me out so bad. then on the day of the presentation the other group members showed up and expected me to let them present with me, i went apeshit and had to be restrained by one of my classmates.

my_scatterheart · 01-27-2011, 11:15 AM

I enjoy assuring the leeches theyll get credit when it gets turned in and then saying "Aint that some shit" when they tell me they got a zero.

01-26-2011, 12:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
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The Rev Clear Light Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: In my head, somewhere. Posts: 17,864 Thanks: 5,015 Thanked 5,419 Times in 2,864 Posts	Online classes in general are BS. The Rev __________________ Budforce - My Friend August 29, 1973- May 25, 2012

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Roach Victoria Aut Mors Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 7,182 Thanks: 2,372 Thanked 1,985 Times in 1,508 Posts	depends on the subject and the student. I prefer programmed text's. And "online" is most likely the future of education, considering the expense and scope of a "formal" education...government can't handle it.(and probably shouldn't) Puttin the 20% of unemployed workers back to work in America should be Obama's primary goal, then at least those students coming out of school with these big expensive educations won't need to sign up for welfare upon graduation. __________________ לזיין את הקופים Last edited by Roach; 01-26-2011 at 08:21 AM.

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Dr. Nick Nasty Reactionary Radical Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New York/New Jersey Metro Wasteland Posts: 1,049 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 653 Thanked 364 Times in 232 Posts	as someone who has been forced to use them as a 'tool' for teaching, i will agree. __________________ "I do not wish any mass at all, but honest men only, lovely, sweet, accomplished women only."-Emma Goldman

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SageTree ~Kalyāṇa-mitrā~ Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In Love Posts: 23,414 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 13,070 Thanked 6,767 Times in 4,664 Posts	Worked at YaHooka!!! __________________ "What's oppressive is letting your life be confined by old definitions of what everything is." -Zen Meister my_scatterheart YaHooka is.... Cannabis lovers from around the world pulling up a comfy chair, picking up a vaporizer, a bong, a brownie, a pipe, or a joint, getting high, stoned, buzzed or healthy. Uniting our minds in conversation...While Portraying a Positive Image of marijuana and marijuana users to the world. Treat your fellow YaHookans with kindness,respect and tolerance.

01-27-2011, 08:50 AM	#16 (permalink)
my_scatterheart Today, I am alive. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 3,565 Thanks: 1,486 Thanked 3,328 Times in 1,870 Posts	^I totally agree, but I've found that online or "hybrid"s (one class day a week for quizzes or whatever, and the rest online) are a good compromise when you have a heavy course load, and still have a bs course you need to get out of the way. Way back when I took all my english comps as hybrids, and whatever computer classes I had to take..., and I think nutrition. Oh and one of my many psych classes. -It really is convenient, imo. Luckily I've never had post requirements on those stupid fucking discussion boards, profs have been really understanding about not using that, so that's been a blessing fo sho __________________ Be mindful even if your mind is full. -J. De La Vega

01-27-2011, 10:25 AM	#17 (permalink)
Mafoo nice daze Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: the anguish of anticipated transformation Posts: 5,975 Thanks: 3,776 Thanked 2,652 Times in 1,698 Posts	i never had to do the discussions online, but i wasforced to do discussions in person on topics like gun control and abortion. i happen to be really liberal on those issues so naturally the debates were always heated fuck group work in general. its not like theres going to be a group of names on my diploma when im done, let me earn my points __________________ PLUR For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return

01-27-2011, 11:07 AM	#18 (permalink)
my_scatterheart Today, I am alive. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 3,565 Thanks: 1,486 Thanked 3,328 Times in 1,870 Posts	I always earn my points. More like, let those assholes earn their own. __________________ Be mindful even if your mind is full. -J. De La Vega

01-27-2011, 11:12 AM	#19 (permalink)
Mafoo nice daze Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: the anguish of anticipated transformation Posts: 5,975 Thanks: 3,776 Thanked 2,652 Times in 1,698 Posts	truth, thats what i was trying to say, i see you are fluent in mafoo i once had to do a group project by myself and it stressed me out so bad. then on the day of the presentation the other group members showed up and expected me to let them present with me, i went apeshit and had to be restrained by one of my classmates. __________________ PLUR For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return

01-27-2011, 11:15 AM	#20 (permalink)
my_scatterheart Today, I am alive. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 3,565 Thanks: 1,486 Thanked 3,328 Times in 1,870 Posts	I enjoy assuring the leeches theyll get credit when it gets turned in and then saying "Aint that some shit" when they tell me they got a zero. __________________ Be mindful even if your mind is full. -J. De La Vega

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