I am studying a distance learning course at the moment. I am 3/4 of the way through it. I have studied quite a bit over the years and I really enjoy learning.
I have a degree, post-grad professional qualifications and have completed many other courses over the years. I think I have a good system of how I learn and write my papers and I have always got great marks and very good feedback.
I am 3/4 my way through a course right now and it has been a nightmare. The course tutor seems hell-bent on making us feel inadequate. We receive regular group emails telling us our spelling and grammar are not good enough, our answers are not good enough, and will be sent back and other comments. At first, I thought, well maybe the tutor has some very slack students, but then I got a couple of papers sent back to me to do again. For example, the question may have said "Give 2 examples of", which I did, and then I got told to give more examples.
Then to my horror, I got told my work was being checked for plagiarism. and then I got a message saying having checked it, there was none. Since then all of my work has had this message, in CAPITALS, followed by a comment that there wasn't any found after going through it. In the end, I just kept to the course's own textbooks because I think this arose from me reading other sources, and then I was told I wasn't putting enough info in.
I know I sound a bit flaky but this has really upset me. This is the first time I have ever experienced anything like this. It has totally put me off doing any more courses. I feel like I am being set up to fail and that I am teetering on being kicked off the course because I am a fraud and copy things!
I want to say something, but scared of the consequences.