Potchefstroom Releases Statement on Distance Learning

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by Guest, May 7, 2002.

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  2. Very good.

    The higher education restructuring proposals explicitly left the door open for such arguments. Snippet:
    • ... the NWG [National Working Group] is of the view that a total restriction of any form of distance education programmes at residential institutions may be counter-productive given the role that the developments in information and communications technology could play, through the use of resource materials, in enhancing the quality of teaching, including student support, at residential institutions. Moreover, such programmes through targeting non-traditional students could be instrumental in increasing the participation rate and in providing for the needs of students who would otherwise be denied access to higher education. The NWG therefore agrees with the proposals in the National Plan that the approval of any distance education programme at residential institutions should be subject to a set of criteria, including whether it falls within the institution’s mission and capacity, whether it addresses regional and national needs, and whether it meets quality assurance criteria of the Higher Education Quality Council (HEQC). In this way, poor quality programmes or those that impact on other residential institutions in particular or the dedicated distance education institution in general could be regulated without jeopardising those programmes that are of high quality and contribute to agreed national and regional needs.
    (See my earlier post: South African university merger proposals)
     

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