Distance Education?

primadonna · Jan 26, 2006

Well, I have taken distance classes, sometimes you have to go to the campus and test, others are all online testing. You should call the college and e-mail the professor as to what the class requirements are. All are not the same...people can't give you a general answer for this question. I am amazed by how many people seek answers to these questions online! Your college has advisors and ways in place to answer these questions, your enrollment fees go towards paying these people, use the source for your information!!!

KaraBear1121 · Jan 30, 2006

I took A&P 1 last semester and am taking A&P 2 this semester.. Both are distance learning... This is how our class is broken down: We have 3 units, consisting of 5 chapters each.. The first part of the unit is a Sample lab, which is a 20 question test basically on how to search for stuff on the internet. Then we go into the class (he sets aside times) and have a 'lab' and then do a lab exit exam (once again 20 questions and neither of them count towards your final grade).. Once at home we access the chapter tests (20 questions open book, notes.. not timed)... We can take them an unlimited amount of times and all he does is take your top 3 grades for each test and average them... Then you take a lab challenge which is 40 questions, untimed, open book/notes.. This is just a picture test.. Labeling, ect.. He does the grading the same for this.. Then we have the Unit challenge which is 60 questions, untimed, open book/notes (samee grading)... It's the same set up for all 3 units.. Once those are finished you take a sample final which is 180 questions, 180 minutes.. You can take this i *think* up to 3 times.. Then you go in to the school for your final which is 120 questions, 120 minutes.. and you can take it twice.. The great thing is you can work at your own pace, if you can't make it to the scheduled lab times, he has a 'make-up' lab every wed. And the way I'm doing it this semester (since I have 2 fast tracks (8 weeks instead of 16) right now) is I started the course the day after finishing A&P 1, and got way ahead of the game and I'm not working on it until these other 2 fast-tracks end.. He also told me that instead of coming in for the 3 labs on 3 separate days, I can just come in one day whenever I have time and do all 3 in the same day..

I LOVE distance learning! Your best bet would be to ask the teacher how they organize the class... It may be different, but distance learning is the best!

Tweety, BSN, RN · Jan 30, 2006

I love distance learning. The "distance" I'm learning from is about a 3 hour drive to the campus. I never have to go to the campus and the tests are online, timed. We have students all over the country in my class.

Good luck. Online/distance is hard work, challenging, but convenient.