Hi Gene Otago Polytechnic offers a Graduate Certificate of Tertiary Learning and Teaching which was initially developed for its teaching staff. However, over the last few years, staff such as Leigh Blackall and Bronwyn Hegarty have delivered a number of the courses that make up the Graduate Certificate via Wikieducator - these courses have attracted a number of informal students who have followed the courses for interest.
Now we want to offer the whole Certificate in an open environment, probably Wikieducator, so that the whole program is accessible to both informal and formal students. At this stage we are working to develop a funding model that ensures: - the program is sustainable and cost effective - the teacher gets job satisfaction ie he/she is able to interact with all students in a meaningful way - informal students have access to course materials - formal students have an excellent learning experience - informal students may become formal students if they wish, or pay for a middle tier of services ie 'mentoring' or 'support' from the teacher without full assessment or accreditation services. Hope that helps to clarify things a little better Sarah On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 2:14 PM, gene loeb <[email protected]> wrote: > Sarah, > Sorry I am a bit slow with all of this confusing info about open classes. > are you saying you can get an equivelent of a college B.S. or Masters > through an open source program? > Gene > Gene Loeb, Ph.d. > -- Sarah Stewart EdD Student and Consultant http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.com Skype: sarah.m.stewart Twitter: SarahStewart Second Life: Petal Stransky +64 27 7379998 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
