Posted on Oct 12, 2015
How do online degrees differ from traditional degrees?
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From your perspective how does an online degree differ from the traditional educational background by attending classes. I'm currently attending a regionally accredited school online while my wife is going to class but I hear people bashing others cause they go to class online. I get that we all learn different but I want others perspective?
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Hi, Sergeant Vereen.
Online schools get a bad rap because, in the beginning, they were considered diploma mills. All students had to do was pay a fee to get a diploma Not long ago, I read a story about a lady that received her online doctorate from a school overseas in six months.
That’s changed. Many brick-and-mortar universities, including my undergrad alma mater, now have programs that are completely online. The challenge now is discipline. A lot of those classes had 75% failure rates, because a lot of students would wait until the very last minute to turn in assignments. The challenge is effective time management.
The advantage of in-house classes is that you can get immediate feedback, advice, and direction from your instructor and your peers. That same availability in online classes, as you can imagine, suffers lag time. And coordinating group projects can be extremely troublesome.
However, the only argument for either forum is accreditation. As you said your school is regionally accredited, any bashing your receive is baseless.
Good luck in school!
Online schools get a bad rap because, in the beginning, they were considered diploma mills. All students had to do was pay a fee to get a diploma Not long ago, I read a story about a lady that received her online doctorate from a school overseas in six months.
That’s changed. Many brick-and-mortar universities, including my undergrad alma mater, now have programs that are completely online. The challenge now is discipline. A lot of those classes had 75% failure rates, because a lot of students would wait until the very last minute to turn in assignments. The challenge is effective time management.
The advantage of in-house classes is that you can get immediate feedback, advice, and direction from your instructor and your peers. That same availability in online classes, as you can imagine, suffers lag time. And coordinating group projects can be extremely troublesome.
However, the only argument for either forum is accreditation. As you said your school is regionally accredited, any bashing your receive is baseless.
Good luck in school!
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LTC Kevin B.
I'll add that degree programs can have different levels of accreditation. A university can be regionally accredited to confer degrees (such as SACS for universities in the South, NCA for universities in the Midwest, etc.), but a school within that university can also be accredited (business schools by AACSB, public health schools by CEPH, etc.). You can also have degree programs with specialized accreditation (like CAHME accreditation for Healthcare Management). The bottom line is that one should seek a degree from an accredited school, but also with accreditation as close as possible to the degree program. For example, an MBA from an accredited university in an accredited business school is better than an MBA that is from an accredited university but an unaccredited business school. Employers do take accreditation as a signal of the quality of your education.
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I understand what you mean but like you mentioned many people have a horrible time with time management. Procrastination will get no one anywhere especially waiting until the last minute to complete an assignment. I always complete my work at least a week prior to the submission date. That'll give me ample time to fix anything I need and still be able to complete any necessary requirements for work. Thank you for the response.
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SFC (Join to see) My question would be this: They guys bashing, where are they going to school, while they are working, just like you? If they are not (working and going to school), their opinion is irrelevant. At the end of the day, what matters is that you are moving forward, at an accredited school, making progress toward goals that you have. Keep at it. Not all of us have the ability to go sit down at a school and take classes in that nice structured environment. Some of us (I would guess more than less) have to take classes however we can.
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I agree with you about that. I've done my research on my school and it's a regionally accredited school and we all aren't able to go to a class room setting. And those same ones making comments aren't attending school cause they think its too much on their plates to handle which in my point is a horrible excuse. I'm planning for me and my family's future cause there is life after the military. Believe me it will continue to roll on with or without you.
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I had an NCOIC that made fun of me and other coworkers for going to school online until he retired at 24 years and the only job he could get was cutting grass on base because he didn't even get his CCAF associates degree.
Just pick a good online school and a program that gives you knowledge in a marketable area. Best of luck to you and your wife!
Just pick a good online school and a program that gives you knowledge in a marketable area. Best of luck to you and your wife!
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