I was interested in taking some kind of college course but really don't know where to start. I'm not even sure what I'm interested in to be honest but I wanted to see what my options are and get some general opinions on which of the two (correspondence or online) is better.

I'm mainly looking for the differences between them as well as if there are any decent websites listing a lot of the courses.

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ive been doing online courses with athabasca university for close to 2 years now. www.athabascau.ca

Ive been loving it so far as i work full time. so it allows me to do the courses when i feel to and when i feel like it.

However you HAVE to be determined and disciplined to do this kind of course!

I know you are looking for college courses....ive been in college..normal style so i dunno how it is online..but online univ im doing....is a lot more than college!

ive learnt more in 1 online univ course than i did in college!

ive found normal college boring because of the simplicity and dumbing down of courses for pple out of high school that have no clue.


Ive always been a self learner so online courses is a great fit for me...if you are not a self learner...you wont do well on online...long dist. courses.

I hope im helping here!

and what is the diff b/w correspondence courses and online....to me its almost the same thing....

mind u im boozed up... lol

I also took a course at athabasca. Its great do you work when you want, plus you work on your own pase, you can finish the course in 3 months or take the full 6 months.

I think there are several "legit" online study options, like this one too.

http://www.umassonline.net

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Originally posted by devnull and what is the diff b/w correspondence courses and online....to me its almost the same thing.... mind u im boozed up... lol

hmmm well almost

correspondence means you would actually have to attend a physical written exam, and i believe you send coursework (given there is one) to teaching assistant's as a physical copy

online means you take a test online too

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Originally posted by FunkyCrew hmmm well almost correspondence means you would actually have to attend a physical written exam, and i believe you send coursework (given there is one) to teaching assistant's as a physical copy online means you take a test online too

well i consider athabasca U online univ...all my assignments are online...but for the final i have to go to an invigilation place or what not

so i have 2 pay 35$ for someone watching me write an exam...

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Originally posted by devnull well i consider athabasca U online univ...all my assignments are online...but for the final i have to go to an invigilation place or what not so i have 2 pay 35$ for someone watching me write an exam...

lol how much is it per course?

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Originally posted by FunkyCrew lol how much is it per course?

used to be 631 a class + 35$ per exam

now it increased to 671$....but that includes books n materials


and books are usually 100-150$...so its not too bad compared to convential university.....


mind u, i dont use my tutor much during my course....


i just started my 7th course this yr...part time...so im doing good this yr!

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Originally posted by devnull ive been doing online courses with athabasca university for close to 2 years now. www.athabascau.ca Ive been loving it so far as i work full time. so it allows me to do the courses when i feel to and when i feel like it. However you HAVE to be determined and disciplined to do this kind of course! I know you are looking for college courses....ive been in college..normal style so i dunno how it is online..but online univ im doing....is a lot more than college! ive learnt more in 1 online univ course than i did in college! ive found normal college boring because of the simplicity and dumbing down of courses for pple out of high school that have no clue. Ive always been a self learner so online courses is a great fit for me...if you are not a self learner...you wont do well on online...long dist. courses. I hope im helping here!

Thanks for the helpful info. I really do enjoy learning at my own pace and dislike social learning in general. While it might limit my options as far as what type of courses I can take I'm sure I can find something I enjoy and work from there.

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I'm just finishing an on-line course. This was my first one and I loved it. I went to college last year to take a course, so I would have been 21, and I actually wanted to learn; whereas some of the 18 years olds fresh out of high school didn't care. I mean I can't blame them, cause I would have been the same way. But now that I'm a little older, I want to learn. The teacher would cut a 2 hour class done to 1 hour and the 1 hour class that we had, she would teach no longer than 45 mins, and no one cared, I honestly felt like I learned nothing. I was very disappointed, but with the online course I've learned a lot, and it's on my own time, which is nice cosidering I work and have a 3 and a half year old daughter.

www.ontariolearn.com has a tonne of courses to choose from. Just scroll through their course inventory and pick the category in which you would like to take a course in. These *I think* are all college courses.

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Originally posted by Ashley I'm just finishing an on-line course. This was my first one and I loved it. I went to college last year to take a course, so I would have been 21, and I actually wanted to learn; whereas some of the 18 years olds fresh out of high school didn't care. I mean I can't blame them, cause I would have been the same way. But now that I'm a little older, I want to learn. The teacher would cut a 2 hour class done to 1 hour and the 1 hour class that we had, she would teach no longer than 45 mins, and no one cared, I honestly felt like I learned nothing. I was very disappointed, but with the online course I've learned a lot, and it's on my own time, which is nice cosidering I work and have a 3 and a half year old daughter. www.ontariolearn.com has a tonne of courses to choose from. Just scroll through their course inventory and pick the category in which you would like to take a course in. These *I think* are all college courses.

I felt the same thing when I attended niagara college...first the teachers sucked, 2nd they dummied down the course for high schoolers...and they the same stuff 3 classes in a row.

that www.ontariolearn.com site is somewhat a repository of the continuing education classes offered in ontario colleges...but does not seem to offer programs to obtain a certificate/diploma.

There are only a few places that do full diploma programs/bachelor/masters online. Athabasca is currently the largest online univ. in canada and is quite good overall. I did look into some US schools but the prices were much higher that athabasca Although, I might look at US schools if I decided to do a masters after my bachelor..and get a more specialized masters!