Re: Criteria or Standards for Online Courses/IFETS discussion

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Kevin Donovan (KDonovan@feda.ac.uk)
Fri, 18 Jun 1999 17:35:55 +0100 

Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 17:35:55 +0100
From: Kevin Donovan <KDonovan@feda.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Criteria or Standards for Online Courses/IFETS discussion

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Martin wrote:
>I am going to be deliberately provocative ( how unlike me!).

Martin Owen wrote provocatively (thank goodness - we need it!) and, strangely enough, I agree!
There is no reason why the credit framework cannot encompass the approaches he champions. 'What students might be able to do' could include "part of an inevitably unfinished, but continuous process that goes on throughout life. Each event, circumstance, or interaction is not discrete. Rather, each is assimilated or appropriated in terms of what has gone before."
Learners and whoever supports learning can agree that kind of relationship/process/goal. But I am assuming that the context of learning (whatever and wherever it is and whenever it happens) includes some kind of relationship between tutor, student, materials, resources, institution. It also includes some kind of economic/class/assessment and/or accreditation relationships (at least in most of the contexts in which list members operate).
What matters is that students achieve what they want to achieve (which could be an experience or something more tangible). That's a different debate about the fundamental purposes of education and the socio-economic context in which it is located.
The point about the credit framework is that it is a 'framework' but one which allows some parity and equity.
I'll stop now - I'm going to watch a hot-air balloon display over Liverpool and don't want to add more buoyancy! Enjoy your weekends.
Best wishes

Kevin Donovan
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