tank123

Does anyone have any input on how many hours per week ISDS 705 is with Gibbs?

Can you go further into detail on some of the busy work with Gibbs?

Highly doubt I will learn anything in this class that I haven't learned in the real world but almost everyone says Gibbs > Lin if possible.

Thanks!

I think they will do what's required to keep the AACSB accreditation. There are very few people who will consider this an option without it and this online format seems like a total cash cow.

However, ProctorU sounds absolutely terrible. If these horror stories are accurate, students are going to lose a lot of the flexibility that was promised.

I'll give you my honest review on Khan. I ended his class with a high B and I earned every single point.

He is the best and the worst teacher I've had in this program so far and I suspect that will be the case for a while. He put a TON of effort into the class and I truly learned so much (knowing nothing about Marketing prior). He does a great job of applying the course content to businesses which helps you understand the concepts as opposed to the definition. However, he is a major narcissist. He would continuously defend questions where 20-30% of the class got the answer right by saying things like "I just don't understand why there was confusion, the answer was pretty obvious". He makes you feel as if YOU are the problem and will NEVER admit that he did anything wrong. He will curve tests where the average was in the 60's and make his "curve" sound like a charity event where he's doing something he shouldn't be doing. Truthfully, everything he did felt like a sham - he made sure to tell you his papers were "only" a five-page maximum because he doesn't believe people should be writing 10-20 page papers. However, to fit all of the nonsense and detail into the research papers, I would use 11-point font with narrow margins which in normal, APA format would have been 12+ page papers.

The textbook is completely worthless in that class - don't even use it if you take it. You need to focus for 1-1.5 hours on his very boring lectures and take serious notes that need to be studied with the concepts understood. Memorizing anything is worthless in that class because the test questions are based around hypothetical business situations where you need to apply your understanding of the concept to answer the question. I spent roughly 10-15 hours per week on that class and on the three weeks that there were papers, easily 25-30+. If I'm not making his tests sound bad enough, the "case" quiz and "final" was open-book and the average for the case quiz was a 68. Having every piece of information in front of you doesn't even help with the tests.

If I had to do it over, I probably would trade in the knowledge I learned for my sanity over those seven weeks. If I got lucky with AC's (I had a nit-picker) I would have ended with an A, so YMMV depending on the AC you're assigned. I truthfully can't recommend him, but I did learn a lot. I stressed out from the first test to the time I hit the submit button on the final because I felt like I was going to end up with a C. The only reason I ended up with a high B was because of a 10-point extra credit and 8 point "course completion curve" that he "gave" students. Without the 26/400 "curve" points (extra credit included), I had a very low B. Good luck if you decide to go with him.

Thanks, crimson. Sadly, I have been studying the quizlet since week one and can't seem to do well on these tests. I truly feel that it's ridiculous how specific the questions are considering the reading is generally 60-70+ pages. In my opinion, the tests should be more high-level with "general concept" understanding in-mind as opposed to specific, one-line definitions. It makes preparing for the tests impossible because you can never truly be "prepared" with how specific everything is.

As for your AC - that sounds awful. My AC is terrible too but for grammar reasons as opposed to content. It amazes me that they can dock you points for content when they have no way of proving what you're saying is right or wrong. The format of this class just sucks.

I feel the exact same way, Rybo. Truthfully, I don't know what he's really providing students as the professor of this course. Outside of test, discussion, and assignment questions, there is absolutely no teaching. Assignments are graded by academic coaches and tests are automated. We were handed a textbook and pretty much told to "figure it out". Truly regretting taking it with him, and he has very high reviews which is shocking to me.

Thank you! I'm actually not pairing, it's just that my options are taking one each in AP1/AP2 and those are the only "pairings" (Choi/Fawaz AP1 | Shaugnessy/Vines AP2).

@zach

hahaha, pissed off is definitely a better way of putting it. It's insanely frustrating to study for a test and have the question rely on his interpretation of a word (in a question, nonetheless), rather than the actual material he supposedly taught.

Shay,
The problem with Khan isn’t so much the material – it’s that his interpretation of the material on tests differs from the objective facts he actually teaches in his lectures and the textbook. I truly believe that Khan offers a great class where you can learn a TON about marketing if you spend the time necessary. He does a great job of relating current events and different companies to the material. Now turning that knowledge into a good grade? That’s the tough one.
The issue isn’t the material though, it’s his questions on the test. From my experience, he has roughly 60-70% of the questions that are clear. What I mean by this, is that the question is clear, and there is a clear answer if you know the material. The problem occurs with the other 30-40% of the questions. It’s not so much that there are “multiple answers”, it’s that the question can be interpreted multiple ways. Being that he generally has five answer selections, three answers can easily be thrown out. Now, it’s up to you to determine how HE feels the question should be interpreted and select the correct answer.
Of course, he will never admit to this and continuously defend how it’s his students fault for misinterpreting the question during his exam reviews (especially the ones where only 20-30% of the class got the question right). However, when a C is the average grade, it’s time for the instructor to look at himself.