05-26-2017, 09:30 PM
Provider: Saylor
Course: Intro to Chemistry
Course content: Like a big pile of crap. A few modules with practice quizzes as well as a practice final.
Final exam format: 50 questions, all multiple choice.
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams: A lot of new stuff in the exam that was NOT covered in practice. Also, a formula sheet is provided but I do not believe it provided all of the necessary formulas. I can't say if this was by design, but if it is - that's pretty stupid. The practice final and the formula sheet were much more coincident.
Time taken on course: Probably 20 total hours of study.
Familiarity with subject before course: Some repeats from high school chemistry. Although it's been some time since those days, my burning hatred for this subject must have been smoldering inside me all of these years and re-lit immediately.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: It's no big secret that Saylor has a thing for errors, but here it is again... there are errors in both practice and graded exam questions. I counted three total that were stupidly obvious to me; I wonder how many I didn't notice...
1-10 Difficulty level: 6-7
Extra opinion: I failed this, and there was a fairly large delta (20% or so) between my practice exam scores (on both the saylor tests as well as other practice tests I dug up on the internet) and the final. I appreciate what Saylor is trying to do and all, but I'm pretty tired of their shtick. I get it, you get what you pay for... but would it really take that much more effort to make the experience suck less?
Course: Intro to Chemistry
Course content: Like a big pile of crap. A few modules with practice quizzes as well as a practice final.
Final exam format: 50 questions, all multiple choice.
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams: A lot of new stuff in the exam that was NOT covered in practice. Also, a formula sheet is provided but I do not believe it provided all of the necessary formulas. I can't say if this was by design, but if it is - that's pretty stupid. The practice final and the formula sheet were much more coincident.
Time taken on course: Probably 20 total hours of study.
Familiarity with subject before course: Some repeats from high school chemistry. Although it's been some time since those days, my burning hatred for this subject must have been smoldering inside me all of these years and re-lit immediately.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: It's no big secret that Saylor has a thing for errors, but here it is again... there are errors in both practice and graded exam questions. I counted three total that were stupidly obvious to me; I wonder how many I didn't notice...
1-10 Difficulty level: 6-7
Extra opinion: I failed this, and there was a fairly large delta (20% or so) between my practice exam scores (on both the saylor tests as well as other practice tests I dug up on the internet) and the final. I appreciate what Saylor is trying to do and all, but I'm pretty tired of their shtick. I get it, you get what you pay for... but would it really take that much more effort to make the experience suck less?
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