186: Should Your Teen Take Online Courses?




The College Prep Podcast show

Summary: <a href="http://collegepreppodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-3.14.39-PM.png"></a>Have you ever taken, or considered taking, online courses as a high school students?<br> Megan describes her daughter’s experience taking on online course through the <a href="https://tip.duke.edu/">Duke Talent Identification Program</a> and delivers her final assessment about whether these programs fulfilled expectations.<br> She and Gretchen discuss:<br> <br> * what online courses promise they will deliver teens, including a) a fun learning experience with b) similarly motivated students that you can c) take while traveling<br> * to what extent these promises were delivered in the course her daughter took, and<br> * when it might be appropriate to take an online course, and when it might be better to find additional learning options.<br> <br>