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(08-02-2018, 02:50 PM)armstrongsubero Wrote: I also recommend Sophia for anything. Their platform is EXCELLENT. I wish they would add more courses.

I think, though I can not confirm, that Sophia develops their own curriculum. I do know that SL buys theirs from a third party. IF that's true, it makes sense that Sophia can improve user experience as they go whereas SL, being a retailer of sorts, might not have the capacity for improvement within the product.
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(08-02-2018, 02:50 PM)armstrongsubero Wrote: I also recommend Sophia for anything. Their platform is EXCELLENT. I wish they would add more courses.

I generally avoid Sophia primarily on the basis of cost. If they lowered their prices to be ≤ $100 per course, I'd consider taking more courses with them for sure as their platform is good. As it is, I can't justify it since everything they have that I need I can also get from SL or Study.com, and at a much-reduced overall cost.
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**Ding ding, I just LOVE Sophia courses as well, just that they're expensive. If you can get the "HalfOff" coupon for Phoenix, take the courses and then transfer it in... it's $75 for the 3 credit course for Ancient Greek Philosophers and $149 or something for the rest... not too bad for the new course, but about double the cost for the other providers. If they had other courses that were all $75-$100, then it would be worth it.
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@merlin it is expensive. I wont recommend if for say Bio or Envi sci But if the length of time to finish a course is long like the math or economics or you need time for whatever reason its actually cost effective (a similar model to ed4credit).

A course costs $329. Lets say a student is really bad at math but needs college algebra or statistics. If they take Sophia college algebra they have 2 months to finish it and an extra one month if they need it, so they take 3 months to work on it. They spend $329. 3 months of the same course at SDC is $600 and 3 months at SL is like $359-$429 (instructor led) for the same course. Not to mention that you have a flexible start and once you buy like 3 courses you pay half price and a lot of other deals like payment plans etc. Its a premium platform.

And if you value quality instruction over price you cant go wrong, the cost is steep but now that I need to do a quality calc I course. It would have help if Sophia had one and I wont mind the price. Cause SL calc exams dosent align with instruction, SDC is watered down non-STEM garbage and Saylor is all over the place. So if sophia had one I would definately do it.
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(08-02-2018, 11:18 PM)armstrongsubero Wrote: @merlin it is expensive. I wont recommend if for say Bio or Envi sci But if the length of time to finish a course is long like the math or economics or you need time for whatever reason its actually cost effective (a similar model to ed4credit).

A course costs $329. Lets say a student is really bad at math but needs college algebra or statistics. If they take Sophia college algebra they have 2 months to finish it and an extra one month if they need it, so they take 3 months to work on it. They spend $329. 3 months of the same course at SDC is $600 and 3 months at SL is like $359-$429 (instructor led) for the same course. Not to mention that you have a flexible start and once you buy like 3 courses you pay half price and a lot of other deals like payment plans etc. Its a premium platform.

And if you value quality instruction over price you cant go wrong, the cost is steep but now that I need to do a quality calc I course. It would have help if Sophia had one and I wont mind the price. Cause SL calc exams dosent align with instruction, SDC is watered down non-STEM garbage and Saylor is all over the place. So if sophia had one I would definately do it.

Getting a little side tracked, but I thought I'd mention that after they Grant you an extra month for a course, they will also give you a final 15 day extension as well. So a full 3.5 months if you really need it.
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