Week 6: Remember when.... (Post 6)

Remember when I said "Wow thank you so much for resetting my deadlines Coursera!" back in post 4? Well, I clicked on that button (Figure 1) and it brought me right back to Week 1!

Figure 1
Reset my deadlines (Berklee College of Music, n.d.)

I'm feeling extremely frustrated with the setback as I have to go through all the teaching activities, quizzes, discussions, and exams to get back to the week that I was on. Excuse me while I just slam through all the previous materials again (Figure 2)...

Figure 2
Spinning clock while I jump ahead (Bootgum, n.d.).

Well, I made a huge mistake! It looks like when I reset my deadlines it closed all the quizzes and discussions until they are released which won't be until June 15th, 2020. I'm not sure I'm a big fan of this method honestly, I much prefer self-paced learning where I can control over when I take the practice quizzes - especially for a MOOC. Closing off a course so that lessons and quizzes are released temporally instead of based on prerequisites is unbelievably frustrating especially when the date has little impact on the success. When I make a course in the future, I will keep this in mind, especially if the relationship between the learner and the teacher is as isolated as this.

References:

Berklee College of Music. (n.d.) Guitar for Beginners. Coursera. https://www.coursera.org/learn/guitar/home/info

Bootgum. (n.d.c) Ticking Alarm Clock. [GIF]. Bootgum. https://www.bootgum.com/bootgum-animated-gif-pack/alarm-clock/

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