So, I'm a 100% online student. Options

[*Libertie*]

So, as many of you know, I just moved back home to Texas. However, rather than switching colleges, I decided to stay with the same college and continue my degree with their "distance learning" program. I'm taking six classes online:

- Accounting II (Managerial)
- Programming I
- Multimedia Development
- Orientation to Computer Technology
- Intro to Networking
- Spanish II

Anyway, someone asked what it was like taking online classes, and I thought I'd tell you about it. :XD

Basically, you go to the login page, and it takes you to a list of your classes (images are thumbed).



Then you click on a class and this is the "classroom" once you get in..



You can do pretty much everything online and without having to make a trip to the college. I ordered my textbooks online (they came just in time thank god), and if they need a form they send it to you in the mail for you to sign and send back. The hard part is keeping organized.

I took some cell phone pictures of my little study area. XD This is how I'm keeping track of assignments. Today is Monday, so the board is pretty much full right now, but throughout the week I'll erase things as I complete them.



Annd my desk:



I have my own little corner in the dining area to do my work, but it gets hard to concentrate sometimes. And yes, my desk is extremely cluttered because I'm an extremely messy person.

So far I'm doing really well in my classes, but we'll see at the end of the semester whether or not I actually learn anything.

[*Libertie*]

Wait, how do you take tests? I mean, hypothetically speaking, you could open a book and get answers. Not that I'm saying you would cheat or anything! Or do they send a test to a certain place in a school in your area and you take the tests there with supervision? Just wondering. :P Of course, this question is only directed towards the Spanish course, since the other classes wouldn't really have tests that are written or anythign like that... Yea you know what I mean =X

For my Multimedia Development, Accounting, and Spanish classes, I just take the test online - it's timed, and I can use the book but I pretty much have to know the answers because I won't always have time to look it up. For the other classes, and I talked about it a bit in this topic, I have to be supervised by a proctor in order to keep me from stealing answers out of the book. :P

The computer definitely is distracting, that's why I force myself to sit at the desk. If I'm on the couch or in bed with my laptop, I have a tendency to be more relaxed and I don't get a lot done. I get distracted easily. Having the dry-erase board forces me to be organized. I'm EXTREMELY motivated this semester, I need to bring up my GPA.

As far as costs go, it's WAY more expensive online. Before, regular in-class courses PLUS books were usually under $2000 per semester. Now, it's closer to $5000. My college is pretty cheap compared to a lot of colleges, though.

And LOL Christina, I love the little basket, my mom gave it to me. XD Right now it's holding my dry erase markers. :)