Hold on, let me get my soapbox out... OK.
I am quite sure that Pearson agressively pursued EC and gave them a good deal to switch. The assessment buisness is very complex and I think we're seeing that, case in point.
I ABSOLUTELY do not think that EC tries to push people into taking online courses rather than exams. And, I have never had an advisor recommend I take a class over an exam. Never. Period.
Be mad a Pearson, not EC.
As to the IL question - y'all have got to remember that we are a unique set of adults in that we can actually USE a computer and have Google as our home page. Most adults don't. And going back to school as an adult, particularly in a distance learn situation, EC has got to make sure adults are able to use the tools available on the Internet. Could you imagine interviewing someone for a job who says they got a college degree via distance learning but doesn't know how to do research online? How bad would that be for the rest of us?
Wait, I've got to put my soapbox away. Ok, I'm done.
