I haven't really said much thus far about how my experience with LSU is going. Primarily because in all truthfulness there's really not much to say at this point. I just started my 3rd lesson out of 16 today and have not yet taken a proctored exam. The lessons focus on 1 chapter of the textbook each so with 16 textbook chapters there are 16 lessons, logical. The lessons consist of multiple choice and answer matching type questions along with some essay questions pulled from the text and I am willing to bet that there will be a case study or two. Thus far there really hasn't been any math to deal with, strictly rules, definitions, scope and purpose of using cost accounting.
I really need to spend more time doing my work for LSU, so far I have been distracted by the goings on with Ashford to really put forth the time and effort LSU really demands, which just because it's self paced does not mean that it is less work. I submitted a lesson online for the first time yesterday, and before you ask it's not any kind of blackboard, or at least not any kind of blackboard style I have seen. You get a electronic copy of your LSU Independent Study Guide, along with all notes and question sheets if you wish to print them off rather than saving your answers as a .DOC file or simply mailing them in. I think I have the format right on the lesson submission but I'll know for sure when I receive my grade. Until then I'll just complete the work and "bank" my assignments.
As for Leading Organizational Change at Ashford, this course is moving along pretty well. I start week 2 today and will attempt to complete both my discussion questions and start the prep work for the written assignment so that I am able to take this weekend off fully without any guilt. Remember all my blog posts about the importance of planning? Where here is planning in action and hopefully with a benefit. I'm off of work for the next week so it should be a more simple task than it normally would be. I'm stoked about finishing this course because that will mean I am six weeks away from completion. I'll start getting "senior-itus" (a misnomer I know) once I am in the single digits for weeks to go.
A really good thing to report is that another two more of my officers have decided to return to college. That'll make a grand total of 3. I'm actually privately proud of this fact and hope that I can motivate even more people into returning to school. I'm really hoping my youngest brother will at least.