Stupid thing has just gone and nuked my reply when I tried to post. Not just once but 3 times. At this rate I'll be turning into an online hermit.
The course I'm doing is this one Homework consists of weekly quizzes with 10 multiple choice questions and the occasional quiz on steroids with 30 questions which they call exams.
Of course there's the nice little earner of verification if you want a 'proper' certificate. Of course I don't bother since such pieces of of real or virtual paper are regarded as worthless with or without pennies changing hands.
Maybe you are a Shallow Cat and maybe not. But if you are anything like me, without some sort of homework or feedback then you don't really have any idea how much you are learning. Of course there's also the old trick of external deadlines providing motivation regardless of how good your original intentions were. For there are just so many distractions and temptations these days.
Nowadays I try to stick to only one course at a time instead of getting greedy and filling the serpent plate with piles of tasty morsels that remain only half gobbled. I do miss the old days when there were set enrollments and active discussion forums.
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Date: 2016-05-15 02:29 pm (UTC)The course I'm doing is this one
Homework consists of weekly quizzes with 10 multiple choice questions and the occasional quiz on steroids with 30 questions which they call exams.
Of course there's the nice little earner of verification if you want a 'proper' certificate. Of course I don't bother since such pieces of of real or virtual paper are regarded as worthless with or without pennies changing hands.
Maybe you are a Shallow Cat and maybe not. But if you are anything like me, without some sort of homework or feedback then you don't really have any idea how much you are learning. Of course there's also the old trick of external deadlines providing motivation regardless of how good your original intentions were. For there are just so many distractions and temptations these days.
Nowadays I try to stick to only one course at a time instead of getting greedy and filling the serpent plate with piles of tasty morsels that remain only half gobbled.
I do miss the old days when there were set enrollments and active discussion forums.