tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post6323622246323283511..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: There's a party in my mind ... 'cause this online course is almost over.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87952475902446191212012-06-25T10:55:58.695-04:002012-06-25T10:55:58.695-04:00I just finished an online course as well. I notice...I just finished an online course as well. I noticed something particularly interesting in my group. Of 20 students, half were non-trads (i.e., real world work experience, usually married with kids, going back to finish up a degree or do one for the first time, aged 25-45) and half were traditional undergraduates (aged 18-24), most of whom were in my discipline. <br /><br />The non-trads Liz Imbriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10789417084922765275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24127457541045645812012-06-24T19:16:13.919-04:002012-06-24T19:16:13.919-04:00Me, too (the course and the celebration). Actually...Me, too (the course and the celebration). Actually, mine hasn't been bad, perhaps because it's set up so I do interact a bit with the good students (who are by far the majority) as well. Of the 10% or so who have been in more-than-average contact, I'd classify half as anxious but hard-working and increasingly on top of things as the semester went on, and the other half as the Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-116354012269153782012-06-23T22:14:26.782-04:002012-06-23T22:14:26.782-04:00Just remember, if you ever end up on foodstamps,
...Just remember, if you ever end up on foodstamps, <br /><br />alcohol = sugar + warm water + yeast<br /><br />and it's pennies on the dollar!Emergency Mathematical Hologramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873569623797587860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34033607602436973392012-06-23T19:01:24.730-04:002012-06-23T19:01:24.730-04:00You'll take to it at first because it has cert...You'll take to it at first because it has certain potentials and advantages and is new for you. Then, when the university moves you all online, you'll start to go bat shit crazy after a few years. Then you'll quit and do something else. Okay, I'm talking about me, not you. But that is my experience.AdjunctSlavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025851491072402087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-74573201190262504032012-06-23T18:59:58.552-04:002012-06-23T18:59:58.552-04:00Really not that much. There are students who sign ...Really not that much. There are students who sign up, then never do anything. There are students who just slide through, doing just enough, and don't bitch about the low-pass grade.<br /><br />But there are also students, who mostly seem to be non-trads, who are incredibly ignorant or even phobic about the technology underlying the entire concept of an online course. I'm dealing with introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44456156200357633102012-06-23T15:36:08.812-04:002012-06-23T15:36:08.812-04:00Good post!
Thanks for the preview. A few months ...Good post!<br /><br />Thanks for the preview. A few months from now, I will probably be dealing with the same thing. I've never taught an online course before. How much misery am I looking at?Emergency Mathematical Hologramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873569623797587860noreply@blogger.com