It's not all about accreditation. A beautifully crafted course that gives REAL experience and encourages students to take charge of their learning
I've done many courses through the years, both accredited and non-accredited. I started this course for a career change.
It was a great all round course. The learning platform was well set out and easy to navigate. The learning material well well written and relevant. I really liked the assignments. I was able to base them on my current or future roles, and could then use my assignment content in a useful way within the business. Rather than the traditional 'here are your notes, learn them and do an exam' structure, the assignment encouraged me to get familiar with the industry, and to network. Clinton was an excellent tutor. He was friendly, and helpful with his feedback. Both the tutor and admin were very speedy with their replies.
I have gained employment by 2 of the companies I used as case studies for assignment or research projects.
I have done many courses over the years, and as I work remotely most of these courses are via distance education.
I have been very disappointed in the past at various providers for their poor teaching material, customer service, or course structure and felt that none of these courses prepared me to be confident to put my learning into Practice.
The OpenColleges Automotive course really impressed me. The textbook was very useful, and the online material was pitched to the correct level, and the diagrams very helpful. The information was easy to read and follow and the additional resources quite useful. I found the videos very helpful, I would love to see even more of them!! (And the background music was very catchy!)
The staff were amazing. Lucas Bendt really assisted me as I was having trouble uploading the videos on the OpenColleges assessment page, and very quickly downloaded my videos via the Wetransfer app.
Michael gave useful feedback, was quick to mark assignments and even personally contacted me to check on my progesss and offer support with the Workplace Projects.
The only negative experience I had was while trying to upload videos. I don’t have very good internet reception. so when it cuts out the videos that are in the process of uploading don’t get saved as I go until I press submit and therefore I have to begin the uploading process all over again. And a lot of videos would not upload due to file size or format, despite me making the videos as short and low resolution as I could.
But the staff were very accommodating in letting me send my files via another method so only a small issue really. Thanks OpenColleges!
