Dual Enrolled: GSU MASS and UoPEOPLE M.ED

[TINASAM]

Week one I had a discussion post about education in the US, mine was about 600-700 words. The portfolio assignment was a short personal reflection about the same wordcount. The written assignment was 5 pages about John Dewey, his philosophy, and how the IB uses similar educational philosophies. It will be a few weeks before I get more peer grading obviously but right now the discussion post is doing well. I'll have to see how the written assignment fares.
This is the weekly load, plus there are things you're putting in a portfolio (ironically NOT the "portfolio assignments") for the end of the degree to turn in, several things a course to show teaching style, form, and knowledge.

Right now what bugs me is the instructor. I sent a message and while she was responding to all the other classmates via the "Ask the instructor" thread, didn't reply to my message through moodle. I then messaged her on the thread that she had a message in moodle from me, she said she'd look at it, and still didn't hear back. About 50 hours went by. I just resolved it myself after she said "have you tried xxxx" which I had already said I had tried in the message. If the teacher keeps up this, this first course is going to feel very self-taught and not instructor-led.

I too didn't "need" this degree, I teach and plan to keep teaching college-aged students, but figured it would be nice on the resume.