eCornell Reviews & Product Details

The learning platform was incredibly easy to use. Unfortunately, that is the only positive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As an individual having held multiple operations roles, incredibly disappointed in this 4 course certificate program. Said another way, it was startlingly bad. It's astonishing they market this to C-suite and executives. I'd say it would be a great course for college or even advanced high-school business students.

Unlike other certificate courses, this one truly fell short in terms of the quality of content and applied learning. There are zero -- and I mean zero - case studies. No in-depth look at organizational challenges at various companies and how they solved them. You will learn executive topics such as how to read an organizational chart, and spend a solid few modules being taught what stakeholders are. You will be presented with critical industry analysis such as a section enlightening you to the fact that US Postal Service, UPS, and FEDEX are all companies that deliver packages but operate differently. You will sadly not go into any (and I mean any) detail as to the granular reasons they operate differently and how to apply that knowledge to your own or a future organization.

If this review sounds overly critical, it's because the course was that silly. It pains me to write this, but I'm quite frustrated with my almost $4k outlay.

All of the assignments are lightweight questions that you answer based on a company you currently or have worked at. In other words, if you've never worked in a matrix organization, for example, you will learn nothing about them in this course other than the professors telling you they exist, and literally just a few sentences on their pluses and minuses.

I've taken certificate courses at Stanford and Northwestern Kellogg that are simply exceptional. Different league all together, and same cost. Recommend looking elsewhere than Cornell. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

24/7 anywhere access while course is in progress. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The modules are often missing information and some of them, particularly those like Operations Management, are missing much information, important details are not explained, and the downloadable tools don't always match the course nor do they calculate as they should. That course in particular is not a good value. I also dislike that so many of the courses are not available as individual modules. The user must progress through each module and can't move to the next if a module isn't completed. Interaction between learners isn't available outside of answering a question posed as an assignment. Sometimes asking another learner for clarification helps. The instructors are often vague when asked questions or tell you what is evident but in the course. I understand why so many do not value these courses on resumes and why so many companies do not pay or reimburse for them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I loved the multiple formats used for their coursework. They keep you interested in the material with multiple delivery methods. They engaged in group chats and the facilitators were awesome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The facilitators were on East coast time while i was on West coast. Made communication a bit more difficult but overall I was very happy with my experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The online format was good and easy to navagate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The professor was incredible unprofessional and not helpful when I asked questions. There were grammatical mistakes in the book. I expected so much more from an accredited Ivy League school, but their online platform has much room for growth. Even though I passed the certification class, it took 6 months and much fighting to be awarded my completion certification. I learned more from my independent studies than this course. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really took this course because of the Cornell name. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The review I wish I had read before taking this course:

I recently completed the Digital Marketing Course through eCornell. The course is usually $3700 but was on sale for $2500 so I thought $2500 for a Cornell course would be a good investment. But remember this is eCornell not Cornell. Let me explain further.

This course length is stated as 8 weeks which are divided into 4 sections. They claim it will take 6-10 hours a section. However, each section has only about 30-45 minutes of prerecorded videos in their entirety (or around 3 hours for the entire course). These videos are made by Cornell staff but the course is not conducted by Cornell staff. Instead, they bring in outside vendors (anyone with 3+ years of experience in the industry). It was my experience that they were nice but not very knowledgeable. Several times I had responses on class projects that were copied and pasted from other people in the class. Each section, to watch all the videos and finish the class projects, took me about 1.5 hours. The course is unbelievably superficial and there is no additional reading or resources that are offered outside the 30-45min of prerecorded videos. It was truly a shame because there is so much to learn in the digital marketing space. It goes without saying that there is no real world application to the knowledge gained in the course. It feels like you are reading the table of contents and the course ends before you learn anything.

So to review: $3700 for 3 hours of prerecorded videos, facilitated by someone with 3 years of experience (not Cornell staff), and taking me a total of 6 hours to complete the entire 8 week course. Please avoid and save your time and money. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I did learn some helpful tools and I appreciated the self pace. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I took the Business Analytics certification course with Professor Haeger. Several of the courses were riddled with mistakes. Each course has a facilitator, and some are better than others. The good facilitators pointed out the mistakes and helped provide clarifying questions, but this should not be at all necessary for a course that costs $3,000. All of the instructions should be well-baked in to the course itself, and should not require checking the student lounge to ensure you followed all of the bonus instructions from the facilitator. One facilitator pointed out that the mistakes have existed for a while (it sounds like several years, as the videos were filmed in 2017...) yet they haven't taken the time to fix them. I wish I had taken one of the free courses available from any other platform. Cornell has no problem ripping off students and this excuse of a course is no exception. It's embarrassingly out dated, low quality, and not thorough. Even if the courses weren't full of mistakes, I found the course instruction sparse. For $3k, I would expect very detailed, thorough instruction, but at least for the Business Analytics course, this is far from the case. I had to google several functions to understand the details and extenuating cases of how it works. What a waste of time and money. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Certification in Nutrition and Healthy Living program was a self-paced program with deadlines for each module. I had the freedom to work at my own pace while still having the accountability of a final submission date for each unit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Office hours were a challenge for me to attend as they frequently conflicted with my work schedule. However, I appreciated that I am still sent links to upcoming programs and events through e-Cornell, which allow me to further my knowledge should I choose to do so. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The curriculum is comprehensive and detailed. Delivery in the online format is well produced. The workload, although it can be spaced out, also introduces deadlines that keep you on active learning without having too large a break in between. Personal help is available by correspondence when required. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I did the course in the old payment format and not subscription. I think I prefer the old way but I guess this is a matter of preference. Not a deal breaker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The short yet precise videos were to best part for me as I was studying part time. Which meant I could spend time one different modules in between my office breaks.

I have been a part of other online course for Data Science specifically. And in these courses my biggest pain point was the size of the videos. They were over 3 hours long. That would mean me having to set aside 3 hours of my day just to complete one topic, so as to not lose the flow of things.

But with eCornell, the videos were 4-5 minutes long. I could quickly get all the necessary information for my tests and proceed to attempt the related tests.

That meant I could use short breaks in between work to complete multiple parts of the course. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Feedback seemed generic and lacked criticism or correction.

In many cases where I felt I could have done better, I received praise. While I appreciate that, I would have liked to have known where I could have improved or done better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.