03-31-2016, 05:54 PM
Here's the thing- I love Saylor (and Khan Academy). When Saylor first made the leap into ACE approval, I wasn't a fan. I think I even said as much in a thread somewhere around here. What Saylor did next, however, was linking into the Alternative Credit Project, and that made me ecstatic. If you look at the typical ACE/NCCRS participating schools, you see all the same names - ACP is the first time that I've ever found traditional B&M public universities/community colleges openly and easily accept ACE/NCCRS credit in a way that is transparent. You can do this planning yourself because it's all spelled out.
Now, as to the content? It's too long. That's been my only complaint, and it's the reason I don't use it exclusively in my homeschool. Look, we school a lot more than required- generally >190 days, and there are times when we get through a full year and my kids haven't even gotten through all the content. It's just too much. It's not 50 hours, I don't care what it says, the classes we've tried exceeded 100 hours. Too long, overkill. The reason that's a problem is because regular people don't know what they can take out and still be fine. I mean, if I were looking at the course plan for nutrition, I could delete about 1/3 of it in 15 minutes and what's left is enough. I wouldn't have a clue how to do that with marketing or accounting or calculus. It's almost like the course writers were afraid of not being thorough enough, so they threw in an extra 50 hours for good measure.
ALL THAT SAID..... I love what they're doing. They could have charged for a verified certificate or something along those lines- everyone else is, but they didn't. Keeping it free keeps them at the top of my list. I'm a huge fan.
Now, as to the content? It's too long. That's been my only complaint, and it's the reason I don't use it exclusively in my homeschool. Look, we school a lot more than required- generally >190 days, and there are times when we get through a full year and my kids haven't even gotten through all the content. It's just too much. It's not 50 hours, I don't care what it says, the classes we've tried exceeded 100 hours. Too long, overkill. The reason that's a problem is because regular people don't know what they can take out and still be fine. I mean, if I were looking at the course plan for nutrition, I could delete about 1/3 of it in 15 minutes and what's left is enough. I wouldn't have a clue how to do that with marketing or accounting or calculus. It's almost like the course writers were afraid of not being thorough enough, so they threw in an extra 50 hours for good measure.
ALL THAT SAID..... I love what they're doing. They could have charged for a verified certificate or something along those lines- everyone else is, but they didn't. Keeping it free keeps them at the top of my list. I'm a huge fan.
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