Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Assigned Entry #3 Is faster always better?

 In the Arizona Central article by Anne Ryman, she states since the start of January of 2013 ASU has started offering more 7 1/2 week classes instead of the normal 15 traditional courses taken at  the campus. There are many complaints and many good things to say about the offering of these classes. It will affect everyone though even if you will not take these courses.
These courses can bring in new and different types of students that can really benefit from having this format for their classes. It will help older, working students go to or back to school and get there degree. They will be able to get it done faster and able to go into their field with more to offer and have the ability to go farther.

I was believing that this format maybe very good for all students until one line in the article."Others worry that not all academic subjects are best taught in an accelerated format." If all courses would be switched, then I believe it would be a mistake. All courses are not made for this format and not all students are made for this type of classes especially if they were to be online class. Everyone is different and they need to have the option.
One has to truly think and decide for themselves whether or not they would want to take these classes, and if they change completely, whether or not to go to the school at all.  

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2011/02/22/20110222arizona-state-university-shorter-classes.html

2 comments:

  1. Yeah, I’m totally not a fan of the "mini-mester" option. I believe that cramming information needed for a degree is a bad idea. You would think because I'm older I would want to take the 'faster' option to be in a career already, however, I like to remember what I learn :)

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  2. Austin--Good work. Your new entries are pretty interesting and thoughtful. You have some good points, and the visual appeal is good. Keep developing your content.

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