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"Sojourner" sojourner!SEV...@cox.net
I have a desire to finally "get my education". The "school of experience and hard knocks" teaches very well but unfortunately the pay is lacking.
Is anyone currently taking online college courses? I want to go eventually to at least a BS with focus on information technology. The future growth for this type of thing is considered very high.
Then, if I get that I may decided to go for a masters or even a doctorate depending on situations.
I don't want an unknown or unaccredited one.
Sojo the Self-Educated
Suzanne suzanne.removethis....@yahoo.com
I'm not taking online college courses, but I do work as an instructional designer of online (graduate level) university courses. I agree that it is a very rapidly growing educational alternative. Programs vary widely in what is provided. Some are little more than old-fashioned (text-based) correspondence courses, while others rely on videotaped course lectures. Some actually are designed to utilize the technology to deliver and augment course content. Some are purely self-paced, while others follow a specific schedule.
There are a number of books containing information about on-line (distance education) programs.
This web site might be of some use: http://www.petersons.com/distancelearning/default.asp Suzanne
Kalen n...@paradox.freeserve.co.uk
Yes, as a matter of fact. :) Ian and I are both taking a short (10 week, 10 credit (1 full time year = 120 credits)) course called "How the Universe Works" from Open University (http://www.open.ac.uk/). I have had great difficulty with this (correspondence) in the past due to EF and other autism and non-autism related problems, and whether my initial momentum would last long enough for a full course remains to be seen, but for now I am making good progress on this one. :) Open University is a fully accredited university which only does distance courses and allows anyone to sign up for courses in any year of a bachelor's degree. I really like that because it means I don't have to waste my time on first year stuff if I don't want to. They have some tutorials and 'residential weeks' which are done in person, but the former are optional and the latter are mostly for learning lab techniques for sciences.
The computer industry is abysmal here at the moment. I don't know about its long term outlook or how it is where you live. I think especially for people on the autistic spectrum (whether you're on or close to it) it's very important to do something that you love rather than just something you think will lead to a good job. Even if highly motivated to get a good job, I don't know many ACs who could sustain the necessary attention and enthusiasm for a subject they weren't strongly interested in long enough to get a degree. It also might be worth looking into programs with interim qualifications such as an ***ociate Degree, certificate, or diploma.
Do you have Open University there? Also, check local colleges and universities' websites. Often they offer some courses by distance ed, often over the web.
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Kalen Personal Website (updated Aug. 17): http://www.worldapart.org/
"Sojourner" sojourner!SEV...@cox.net
THANK YOU!
"Sojourner" sojourner!SEV...@cox.net
Thanks Kalen!
Sojo ...
"Imamum" sjne...@bigpond.com
If you are interested in Cisco certification, you can do it online and only attend for the pracs. Full course can be done online using interactive media then at my son's school, you attend once every 5 weeks for the prac.
Not sure if it is offered where you are though but might be worth looking in to. :-) In Oz at least, I know that the certicifacation takes a year of a degree.
But it is recognised internationally also.
Sue :-)
Kalen n...@paradox.freeserve.co.uk
Cosmology and particle physics.
You could very easily have got out of that. Tutorials are generally not a requirement anyway.
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Kalen Personal Website (updated Aug. 17): http://www.worldapart.org/
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