12-14-2018, 03:33 PM
(11-23-2018, 12:13 PM)MNomadic Wrote: Thanks both to both you for the suggestions. I guess I didn't realize the mastery test could be used as placement. I like the concept of Khan academy but the interface always seems too "busy" to me. I may consider trying the ALEKS trial and if I like it I could probably get through most of what I need in a month or 2.
Also, I found: https://schoolyourself.org/index.html
Which seems promising at first glance.
So just a quick follow up to this. I have really been enjoying the schoolyourself platform. I think it's a very efficient, intelligent and interactive way to learn or review math and would honestly recommend it to anyone. I especially recommend it to people who don't have the patience or attention span for using a textbook, lecture videos or the relatively short videos on Khan or similar platforms.
The algebra 1 and geometry courses are complete and also available on edx.org.
Unfortunately, it appears their trig, calculus, algebra 2 and stats courses seem incomplete and I'm not sure if they plan to finish them since they were acquired a few years ago and didn't respond to any of my emails.
They also have 3 "interactive" digital textbooks available for free or cheap that appear to be geared for a full school curriculum and they seem rather promising. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to check them out since they are only available on iPads/apple computers and I own neither.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/trigono...d519180733
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/hands-o...d566503125
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/hands-o...d585497623
In related news, I finished the CSM course mentioned here: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...for-39-ACE
and found that to be a nice and challenging refresher and learned a few valuable things as well.
Going forward: besides continuing with the schoolyourself website, I will also be using 3 courses from ASU's earned admissions program: calculus for engineers(starts in january) and the algebra and precalculus courses which start anytime and are completely self paced. The latter 2 courses use the ALEKS platform so it's a great way to try ALEKS for free before committing.
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(77CU transferred in)(44/44CU )
RA(non WGU)(57cr)
JST/TESU Eval of NAVY Training(85/99cr)
The Institutes, TEEX, NFA(9cr): Ethics, Cyber 101/201/301, Safety
Sophia(60cr): 23 classes
Study.com(31cr): Eng105, Fin102, His108, LibSci101, Math104, Stat101, CS107, CS303, BUS107
CLEP(9cr): Intro Sociology 63 Intro Psych 61 US GOV 71
OD(12cr): Robotics, Cyber, Programming, Microecon
CSM(3cr)
Various IT/Cybersecurity Certifications from: CompTIA, Google, Microsoft, AWS, GIAC, LPI, IBM
CS Fund. MicroBachelor(3cr)