Student review [#56979] for Learning Experience Design and Educational Technology
at Western Governors University - WGU

WGU is great because they offer fully online graduate programs. My coursework is interesting and relevant to the roles I’m seeking to apply for. They really sold me on the “finish your degree faster” by learning at your own pace on your own time, thus saving yourself money (since you pay per semester instead of per credit).The difficulty is there aren’t always examples and you’re mostly teaching yourself. If your completed assignments aren’t exactly in line with the rubric, they are returned which can take 3 days turnaround time. I’ve earned 6 credits to date (passed 2 classes). I’ve been working on the third assignment for my third class for over a month because it keeps getting returned for revisions. So far, out of 5 assignments (“performance tasks”) I’ve attempted, all 5 have been returned at some point. I think it’s great they have high grading standards, but sometimes I feel they’re purposely slowing me down so I have to spend more time and money to finish, especially when the “examples” aren’t that detailed or similar to the actual task.