Online summer classes before freshman year?

Papertown
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:23:19 +0000

The one I’m currently taking consists of a weekly quiz (twenty questions over a chapter) and a weekly assignment. It’s the student’s job to use the textbook and additional materials posted online to prepare for those. I like the straight-forward, do it yourself approach, but the weekly tests got a little hard to keep up with in the beginning, especially during a busy week. It took me some time to get used to the pacing, but after that it went well. I like learning from textbooks and didn’t miss lectures.

The online format works best when replacing the large, lecture hall style classes. I wouldn’t recommend it as much for classes that are more discussion based or ones that will require more attention and help from the professor.