On-Line Classes through WI Tech Schools

wisme81 · Sep 1, 2008

I took Pharmacology and Nursing Fundamentals online spring semester, History of Nursing over the summer, and currently taking Health Promotions online this fall. Honestly, I find them a little good and a little bad. The good is that there is a lot of flexibility with scheduling and you don't have to waste gas driving to and from campus. From what I found out, the assignments were pretty much the same as the students who took the same courses face to face. Also, the instructors were pretty available for questions and problems and responded to emails quickly. The bad is that you REALLY have to stay on track with the readings and assignments. You don't get to listen to a lecture where you can ask questions if you don't understand something. Basically, the teacher assigns readings and discussion questions and quizzes you on the material and that is your lesson. You have to teach yourself. I personally find I spend more time on my online classes than my face to face ones. Still I enjoy them, obviously or I wouldn't still be taking them! I guess it really depends on what kind of a learner you are. You need to be able to read about something and understand it. If you need to hear about it and ask questions about it in order to understand it, I would not recommend online.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any other questions, especially for the classes I have taken online:)

blueelle · Sep 3, 2008

wiseme81, where did you take these classes online, through what tech college?

Thanks!

wisme81 · Sep 3, 2008

Lakeshore Technical College, except the History of Nursing, that was UW Oshkosh. I also took online Microbiology, General A&P, and Advanced A&P through LTC as well.

nbrody · Sep 5, 2008

Thank you for your reply, that helps a lot! :)

rotteluvr31, ADN, RN · Nov 22, 2008

All WI techincal colleges have the same curriculum. Sometimes, a tech college will make their online class available to any WI tech student. You can go here http://www.etechcollege.com/ and check out the course offerings.

I have taken several online classes thru GTC which is the school I attend, however, this summer I took a mental health class thru e-tech to get a class ahead for 3rd semester. And boy, am I glad I did it!

Achoo!, LPN · Nov 27, 2008

I took Pharmacology and Maternal/child through MATC, and management through Western tech college. If you are a visual learner, I'd recommend taking the Health Alterations in class. The lectures and slides made all the difference for me. The others I had no problem taking online. Good luck!

clearblue3 · Mar 1, 2009

Hi wisme 81! I just saw that you took some classes thru LTC online. I am taking A&P 1 online through moraine park in Beaver Dam and I love it. It works out well since I am home with my kiddos. I was looking at taking micro and adv. A&P next semester. Someone told me not to take them together, but I really want to get them done. Any advice? who were your professors? How were these 2 classes in general? in the a&p class I am taking there are power points to go over and labs to turn in but I really like that he gives out study guides for the exams. What were your labs and exams like for these classes? Thanks so much for any advice you have! I was excited to see someone from my area on here that had taken these online!

AZmom · Mar 7, 2009

How do you like A&P through Moraine Park? Are the exams proctored? What kind of labs are there -- are they all done over the computer?

I need to take it soon, and it's looking like online may be my only option. The two schools nearest me offer very little online.

clearblue3 · Mar 8, 2009

Hi! I love A&P 1 thru moraine park. Online was definitely the way to go for me. Take it from Bruce Forciea. I guess he teaches at the Moraine park in West Bend. He has powerpoints for all his lectures online and you can listen to a podcast of him going thru the powerpoint if you want to. He says his powerpoints are more important than reading the book because a lot of stuff in the book will be for A&P 2. At first I was trying to read and memorize everything in the book because I thought we needed to and I was freaking out. But now that I know that some stuff is for next semester things are fine. As long as you can do some work each night or close to each night then you will be fine. The labs are all online. You buy a virtual dissector kit which is a computer program on which you can dissect a man and put him back together and such. Some labs are from that and some he puts together and you have to answer questions and study different areas that we are leanrning about. The exams are proctored and he gives you a study guide and they are 50 multiple choice. Overall he is a great professor who seems to really know his stuff and like it. I say go for it! I wish I lived by west bend so I could take ap2 from him. good luck!

clearblue3 · Mar 8, 2009

hi rotteluvr31!

You said you took a class to get ahead for a semester. Can you usually do that with the non-clinical classes or do you have to take them together? That is a great idea to get somethings out of the way in the summer! I applied to MPTC and the nursing program lady said that etechcollege isn't going to be available anymore! :-( I am sure that you can contact a school and try to get into a class. There were a lot of nursing program classes on there that I wanted to take. She said you have to get your current school to contact the online school and say you are in a nursing program and for most classes the whole online thing doesn't work for some reason. Does anyone know if it is difficult to take a nursing class thru another school because they fill up? I am guessing that students at that school get in first. I also thought of taking some over the summer to spread things out, but is that risky to take things in the spring and leave something for summer? What if you can't get into the class and then would you not be able to start the fall semester because you didn't have that one class? It is all so confusing! I know that people talk about taking all kinds of online classes so I just don't see why it wouldn't work. anyone have any advice?

clearblue3 · Mar 31, 2009

Hi wiseme! Just wondering how your online A &P 2 and micro were at LTC. Did you take them in the same semester? Thanks!!