I was with UofP for over a year and was two weeks away from getting my AA in Business when I was Auto-Dropped. I came to find out that because in week 1 I posted all my assignments early and made 3 posts before the start date they would not count toward my attendance and that I will have to re-take the class. Besides that the UofP rep was very rude advising that it is not the University's fault and that I will have to pay to take the class over!!!

I was enrolled in the online social work program through University of Phoenix. I liked the college; the staff and administrators were always very helpful and kind. Sadly, I found out 1/2-way through the program that many employers will not even consider someone who has an online degree. I dropped from UofP, and transfered to an on-campus program instead. It's harder because I am no longer able to learn from home, but I didn't want to waste all my time and money only to have to do it again.

I found the online class experience very rewarding. I especially enjoyed working on projects in teams. The team work experience allowed me not only to learn about a specific topic but also to develop my project management skills. Classroom forums were also positive part of my online education. In an online forum students post comments and answers to discussion questions and conversations can continue throughout the entire length of a course.

Overall, the online learning was a little more difficult to me because it seemed that there was much less student teacher interaction than there is in a traditional classroom environment. Often times I would have to go over the lectures and book 2-3 times just to understand a concept that I believe could have been easily explained by a real live person.

The professors seemed to rarely check the message boards, and rarely, if ever, responded to questions, so it really did seem like a "learn on your own and we'll give you credit" type of situation. I would not recommend online training to anyone who has difficulty self teaching themselves.