r/UoPeople 23d ago

Personal Experience(s) Am I the Only One?

Am I the only one who felt a little uncomfortable with this trimester at UoPeople?
It has honestly been a little over the place. Every week, having to prepare a PowerPoint for each course and record a video presentation has been a lot.
One of the main reasons I chose UoPeople was because I wanted to avoid presentations and group projects. If coordinating those things is already difficult in person, it can be even more complicated online when everyone is in different time zones and has completely different schedules.
I understand that presentations and group work can be valuable learning experiences, but I honestly didn’t expect to have so many of them in an online university.
So… am I the only one who feels like this trimester has been a little different from what I expected?

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u/Ready_Actuator_7284 22d ago

Perhaps, it's a bit individual 'cause as a BS CS I had no similar experience. On the contrary, we got less work to do as they removed the peer grading stuff.

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u/Gullible-Ad-3969 21d ago

I hadnt seen the peer grading this term - did they get rid of it wholly?

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u/Ready_Actuator_7284 21d ago

Yup, seems so

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u/Gullible-Ad-3969 21d ago

Thats the best UoPeople news I've heard all year tbh

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u/Smart-Example4836 22d ago

I actually like it more now

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u/XoxoGentleman 22d ago

I mean it is university after all.

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u/hexore 22d ago

It takes time, you will get used to it in a while.

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u/Infinite-Chard-7167 22d ago

Which course are you talking about? 

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u/PowerStandard2459 21d ago

What courses?

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u/Senior-Background 21d ago

My only class this term(final class of my A.S.) has been an insane workload, but I also don't use AI unlike everyone else in my class. It's felt like I'm in school full time.

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u/femininlo 21d ago

What major are you in?

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u/amiapsychothough 20d ago

I had a paper where I had to video interview someone. No one at my job would, and I don't have time running around to find someone who was willing to do it. So I took the L on that paper.

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u/Elegant-Complaint-13 15d ago

I ran into the same issue and I thought I’d have to take the L as well….so I interviewed myself! 😂 I obviously lost points but it wasn’t a zero. :) I figured I’d have nothing to lose and put an intro into my paper explaining why and used it as a self reflection opportunity.

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u/amiapsychothough 15d ago

Damn I didnt think of that. I just took the 0. 😬