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I've now taken courses with both (7 SL and 3 study.com so far) and I don't think study.com is easier than straighterline. If anything straighterlline is easier because it's all open book. You can simply search out your answers in the book. And for the record, I wouldn't consider either at the same level of difficulty as college courses; but considering the source, I didn't expect it to be. Prior to proctor req, straigherline was more work, had quizzes per chapter. Took me a long time to push through macro and micro because the subject was boring to me and it had so many darn quizzes. Now SL's coursework has been condensed but still allows use of the book. Just another opinion, YMMV.
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bricabrac Wrote:I've now taken courses with both (7 SL and 3 study.com so far) and I don't think study.com is easier than straighterline. If anything straighterlline is easier because it's all open book. You can simply search out your answers in the book. And for the record, I wouldn't consider either at the same level of difficulty as college courses; but considering the source, I didn't expect it to be. Prior to proctor req, straigherline was more work, had quizzes per chapter. Took me a long time to push through macro and micro because the subject was boring to me and it had so many darn quizzes. Now SL's coursework has been condensed but still allows use of the book. Just another opinion, YMMV.
Some of the courses are not open book, so it's important to know going into the course whether it's open book or closed book. Some of the sciences are definitely closed book.
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Community College: Intro to Philosophy, Fundamentals of IT, English Comp 1
Saylor: Intro to Business, Principles of Marketing, Corporate Communication
Shmoop: US History 2 (WGU won't accept this)
ALEKS: Int. Algebra, College Algebra
Study.com: Personal Finance, Principles of Finance, HR Management, Global Business, Advanced Operations Management
Straighterline: US History 2, Environmental Science, US History, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, English Comp 2, Principles of Management, Business Law, Business Ethics, Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Accounting 1,Communication, Managerial Accounting, Statistics
Ed4Credit: Managing Information Systems
Sophia: Project Management
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rowan555 Wrote:Some of the courses are not open book, so it's important to know going into the course whether it's open book or closed book. Some of the sciences are definitely closed book.
I think this fact is well known; the point is most courses are open book and all the quizzes are open book. None of the study.com finals are open book and the coursework is tedious. You have a choice of watching videos or reading transcripts to answer the 5q quiz for each section but the process is still much slower than SL. Study.com has an insane number of chap section quizzes, I would have preferred the chapter exams instead of section quizzes. I've completed SL courses in 1-3 days. Again, just my own experience.
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bricabrac Wrote:I've now taken courses with both (7 SL and 3 study.com so far) and I don't think study.com is easier than straighterline. If anything straighterlline is easier because it's all open book. You can simply search out your answers in the book. And for the record, I wouldn't consider either at the same level of difficulty as college courses; but considering the source, I didn't expect it to be. Prior to proctor req, straigherline was more work, had quizzes per chapter. Took me a long time to push through macro and micro because the subject was boring to me and it had so many darn quizzes. Now SL's coursework has been condensed but still allows use of the book. Just another opinion, YMMV.
My last college course was open book, open notes. Every exam, including the final. Of course, if you hadn't read the book in advance, it would have been damn near impossible to get an A, just because there was a ton of material, and a long test, and if you didn't already know where to go to look up the answers, you'd run out of time.
I read every chapter, took notes, and then during the exams, I had a good idea of "I remember reading that in this chapter here" and then double-checking answers I didn't know with 100% certainty.
Easy A, but only because I put in the work beforehand.
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I think your speed really varies on your style. Everyone says SL is faster but thus far I have completed two S.C courses in approximately three days each (possibly less but I was working on it little bits at a time, not doing huge chunks) and the fastest SL class I've done has been five days. Usually they take me longer than that. But, I also make sure I skim through the textbook and take notes, so it could be that I'm just personally going a bit slower because I want to make sure I learn the material. I definitely can speed up and still get a passing grade.
Anyway, to each their own. I think they both have their own pros and cons, so it really depends on your personal preference.
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Liberty University (27cr): INFT, International Business, Apologetics, Microeconomics, Biology, Non-Profit Management, Financial Acct., Computer Apps, Managerial Acct.
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Study.com (39cr): American Government, Environmental Science, Sociology, Psychology, Labor Relations, Marketing with Electronic Media, Principles of Finance, Business Communications, HR Management, Civil War/Reconstruction, History of Vietnam War, Personal Finance, Introduction to Marketing
Straighterline (39cr): Western Civ II, Financial Accounting, Cultural Anthropology, AmHist I, AmHist II, Intro to Religion, Business Statistics, Principles of Management, English II, Business Law, Intro to Comm, Org. Behavior, Macroeconomics
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I feel like Study.com has spoiled me. I'm looking at my community college syllabus and requirements, and it seems like a couple weeks of any course will be harder than an entire Study.com course! I have to get used to doing real reading and studying again. I feel bad for anyone who does mostly SL/Study.com (and easier CLEP/DSST/etc) for undergrad and then enters grad school with an unrealistic view.
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Ideas Wrote:I feel like Study.com has spoiled me. I'm looking at my community college syllabus and requirements, and it seems like a couple weeks of any course will be harder than an entire Study.com course! I have to get used to doing real reading and studying again. I feel bad for anyone who does mostly SL/Study.com (and easier CLEP/DSST/etc) for undergrad and then enters grad school with an unrealistic view.
I took many traditional college courses, so I did fine in graduate school. Only a couple of the CC courses I took required essays, but the English Comp II course was no joke. I ended up not needing English Comp at TESU, however, because they counted a writing course I previously took as the equivalent. Colorado Technical University and Western International University were writing-based.
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Silly_Me Wrote:I'm looking at the microbiology course on study.com & thinking it might take me longer than a month to complete it. So, what if I pay for the premium edition ($59.99 for videos & quizzes) and then switch to the college accelerator ($199.99) when I finally get through the course & feel ready for the final? Have any of you guys gone that route? I'd hate to pay $199.99/month for a course that just drags on and on, and I'm curious to know how you guys handle situations like this. I plan to have my son do something similar. I still have the old teacher account with study.com. My son needs 5 more courses. I may have him do one of the harder courses via my teacher account first, then redo the quizzes under the college accelerator plan and quickly take the final. Maybe then he'll have time to squeeze in 2 more exams in that month.
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Study.com: Business 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 113, 121, 308, 309; Economics 101, 102; Finance 101, 102; History 103, 104, 106, 108; Math 103; Political Science 102; Religion 101; Geology 101; Nutrition 101; Chemistry 101; English 305
SL: Intro to Communications, Accounting 1&2, Financial Accounting
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Community College: English 101 & 102, Calculus 1
TESU: MAT-105 Applied Liberal Arts Math TECEP, BUS-421-OL BSBA Capstone Course (January 2018 term)
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I just realized there's a pathophysiology course on Study.com, too, and it counts as an UL science course at TESU. For that Study.com price, it can't be beat. But, man. So. Many. Videos. Even when I speed them up to 1.5, they still seem to drag on. I really do wish there was a textbook option.
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Silly_Me Wrote:I just realized there's a pathophysiology course on Study.com, too, and it counts as an UL science course at TESU. For that Study.com price, it can't be beat. But, man. So. Many. Videos. Even when I speed them up to 1.5, they still seem to drag on. I really do wish there was a textbook option.
I haven't done science at Study.com, but for the business courses, I just read the text.
I'm not sure if I'm going to do science there. I have been looking at nursing school requirements, and I am seeing that some Pathophysiology courses are 4 credit. I think they don't have an actual lab component, but I guess those courses do have more than 3 credit courses.
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