"Learners begin by watching course content on the Study Hall YouTube channel, and if they're interested in formal coursework beyond the videos, they can sign-up to participate in full online courses at ASU led by the same award-winning faculty that teach all ASU courses,"
https://www.statepress.com/article/2023/01/asu-partners-with...
The good news is that once Google gets bored of this then any college credits earned should still be valid because the credits are backed by ASU. Google is only the delivery and distribution partner.
FTA: "This credit can then be used at any of the hundreds of institutions that accept credits from ASU."
Unless of course something goes wrong, and you need to contact them for assistance.
I paid $6/unit ($12.50 in 2022 dollars) at my community college back in the day.
Knowledge used to be an honest signal of social status, but it just isn't anymore. It's great though because we have generally more knowledgable people everywhere who can apply incredible tools, and it lifts all boats. However the colleges and universities will need a new way to corner the market on conferring elite status, as I think their v1.0 product of producing graduates merely aligned to "theory" hasn't really worked or produced anything that commands popular respect. Sure, we fear for our jobs, but there is no willingness, and the biggest problem the social studies grads who have taken the helms of institutions have now is suppressing mockery of themselves online. But they're smart people, I'm sure they'll figure something out. May a hundred flowers blossom.
While historically colleges and universities might have been concerned about that, they gave up on that business model many decades ago. The modern business model of colleges and universities is to provide a dating network comprised of similarly-aged, like-minded people who all reside in close proximity to each other.
While services like Tinder could pose some threat to that, I think you'll find that such services have only served to enhance that college network by providing greater discoverability within that network. The "all reside in close proximity to each other" feature offered by colleges is an important feature. The reality is that most people aren't otherwise going to travel cross-country to find their match. These Tinder-like services haven't figured out how to solve for that part on their own, leaning heavily on proximity that already exists.
So, I don't think there is any immediate threat on the horizon for colleges and universities.
"They spelled their name mostly correctly. Clearly they pass."
Does this mean to watch targeter course videos it's 25$ but to receive any credits you must pay 400$ extra?
This seems ... Weird. Why not just find other videos targeted to your course work for free?
Studying on YouTube is akin to sitting in a busy open market square and trying to study. Difficult to do that.
https://developer.android.com/courses/android-basics-compose...
Lecture and talk is cheap. Talking with a microphone to a wall of students even cheaper. Youtube is the cheapest.
Otoh, studio time, tools, materials. A vastly stronger sauce, but much more expensive.
