A new project just launched will help them to provide clear comparative guidelines for e-learning services. All elements of an online course design, content, credibility will be incorporated. They re wondering about quality and how to get the best return for their education investment. The project will also create a consumer s guide to give students, parents, and workers the questions they should ask before signing up for an online course. It will provide consumers with a Bill of Rights, and it will create a Seal of Approval for Canadian producers of Internet-based education and training competing in the tough global market.
Contributions are welcome.
New partners are welcome. National consultations are scheduled to take place during the next few months. The Commonwealth of Learning was created by Commonwealth Heads of Government in 1988. With headquarters based in Vancouver, the international organisation serves the 54-member Commonwealth with a mandate to widen opportunities for learning by promoting the development and sharing of open and distance learning resources and communications technologies.