I chose to study with Open Colleges due…
I chose to study with Open Colleges due to their easy sign up, fully online content, and no time limit for course completion. As someone who has studied at multiple different universities and has a good idea about how tertiary education works, i was shocked about how poorly Open Colleges structured, marked and assesses modules. For each assessment piece, the cover page which explains the requirements of the task was horribly worded and could so easily be interpreted in a number of ways. Some sentences didn't even make sense, leaving the student to guess the best they could to formulate an assignment based upon jibberish intrsuctions which would then be bounced back (after 7-10 working days - of course) by a marker who would also not provide you with adequate instructions of feedback. It is almost IMPOSSIBLE to communicate with an assessor or someone from head office in times of need. It took weeks of me sending email after email requesting for them to organise my assessor visit to my workplace for it to happen, only to then be cancelled another number of times. Some assessor were helpful towards the end of my study when talking on the phone for my checkpoints. overall, i was incredibly disappointed with my experience with Open Colleges and would highly suggest that others look elsewhere to complete their studies