Synchronous vs. Asynchronous

[dfrecore]

My kid is at Purdue Global which has both; if you don't make it to "class" during the time period, then you have to write a summary to prove you watched the lesson. Needless to say, she races in to make it to class every week come hell or high water!  She really doesn't care about which method, she's fine with either (she's done both).

What she DOES like though, is that she has to write a paper every week for her courses; seriously, it would kill me, but she says she feels like she learns the material much better this way.

Is it your husband who's in an ExcelTrack at PUG? Mine is and he doesn't have to attend the weekly video or write about it. I was wondering if that's one of the differences between the regular online program and the ExcelTrack programs. 

The paper every week sounds like what I had to deal with at CSU Global and Charleston Southern University. It gets VERY old quickly! We also had cited discussions along with responses. It was far more work than being in a class on campus. I don't miss that methodology at all!

He applied but hasn't started (not sure yet if he will or not). So I don't know the format of the ExcelTrack courses.

Yes, I wouldn't like doing the paper each week, but I'm shocked that she doesn't mind at all.  To each his own - just goes to show how different learning styles like different formats, nothing works for everyone.  My son, I'm certain, would have dropped Day 1.