STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

poptart · Coach

Online courses?

Irene · Dooney & Bourke

I have. It's more work than being in a classroom setting. But it's so much more convenient.

jess · Kenneth Cole

Im taking 3 right now. Its fine as long as you keep up with your assignments & not try to cram 10 chapters in for the midterm. I speak from experience of course!

Print everything out, write in a assignment calander & check your email frequently.

halleybird · Hermes

I got my post-bacc online...20+ hours. My suggestions:

-follow the standard teaching routine: reading/notes, practice, evaluation. We had 10 assignments per semester (one/week), a midterm, a final, and a paper. We would read the section designated (50 pages or so), then read the prof's "notes" (usually a clarification of the reading) and then apply it in a short writing assignment. The profs at my school were required to make you re-do the assignment if you didn't fully meet the expectations (so students either fail or have 100%).

-also, the most helpful thing for me was to have comments on my assignments. I had one prof who took the time to relate an anecdote, or make a suggestion for every discussion question, the whole year. It was so helpful...actually, I learned more from her than from a lot of teachers I had in person.