CODE
Distance education classes deliver subpar instruction for additional fees
Mishaa Khan June 1, 2019I have taken two classes through the Centre for Online and Distance Education (CODE) over the course of my degree, and I don’t intend on taking any more. The quality of instruction was poor, there was little help available, and overall they did not justify the additional costs associated with the courses. All told, the CODE classes did not meet my expectations. In my first CODE class, we ended up having to figure out the material ourselves. Each week, we covered two very detailed chapters of the textbook and the only “teaching” we were provided were 20–30 minute lecture videos…
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Distance education: worth your troubles?
Anindita Gupta May 16, 2018When I think about online courses, my mind goes into a little bit of a panic: racing heart, breathlessness, a sense of terror. . . I think back to my terrible experience with the Earth Science course that had lectures…
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