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Athabasca University -- Posted by P. Tretter on 09-11-04 12:34
I have just started a degree, Bachelor of General Studies at Athabasca
University. I was wondering if anyone knows how recognized their degrees are
in Canada, and even around the world?
Thanks,
Peter
Re: Athabasca University -- Posted by Casey on 09-14-04 20:11
Hi Peter,
I don't know about the rest of the world, but I got my Master of Distance
Education degree through AU in 2002 and 4 months before I even graduated
I was hired as a college instructional designer. From what I have heard,
their Executive MBA program is one of the worlds top 25 and so, based on
that, I would think that name recognition around the world would be high.
Casey
"P. Tretter" wrote in
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> I have just started a degree, Bachelor of General Studies at Athabasca
> University. I was wondering if anyone knows how recognized their
> degrees are in Canada, and even around the world?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter
>
>
>
Re: Athabasca University -- Posted by P. Tretter on 09-14-04 20:29
Congratulations on getting your MDE. The few people I've talked to here in
my hometown seem to have heard of AU, but on the flip side, I've met people
who have not heard of it. It just made me wonder is all, but at the same
time, the BGS (Bachelor of General Studies) they claim is their most popular
degree, and I haven't been able to find anything that says it's not
recognized. Hence why I asked.
So if anyone knows anything about it not being recognized, it'd be great to
hear. Otherwise I plan to just march on.
What is a college instructional designer? I heard their MBA is ranked 3rd
in Canada. How true is that? And ranked by whom? That's cool about the
Executive MBA being int he worlds top 25, up there with some american
universities. :-)
Peter
"Casey" wrote in message
news:1095217879.XyVGfNpwMelzrUNgheC9mg@teranews...
> Hi Peter,
>
> I don't know about the rest of the world, but I got my Master of Distance
> Education degree through AU in 2002 and 4 months before I even graduated
> I was hired as a college instructional designer. From what I have heard,
> their Executive MBA program is one of the worlds top 25 and so, based on
> that, I would think that name recognition around the world would be high.
>
> Casey
>
Re: Athabasca University -- Posted by arda on 09-14-04 22:06
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"Casey" wrote in message
news:1095217879.XyVGfNpwMelzrUNgheC9mg@teranews...
> Hi Peter,
>
> I don't know about the rest of the world, but I got my Master of Distance
> Education degree through AU in 2002 and 4 months before I even graduated
> I was hired as a college instructional designer.
Hi. what type of school were you hired at? I presume you had taught at a
similar school before, i.e. secondary school teacher --> secondary education
instructional design, yes?
Reason I ask is I used to teach ESL, and was looking at the MDE at AU too,
and I wonder if your new degree allows you to do design of distance ed
instruction in content areas that you haven't taught in a regular classroom,
or in areas that you are not specifically qualified to teach. IOW, would I
then be limited to doing distance ed for the same kinds of schools/programs
I have taught before, in your opinion.
-a-
Re: Athabasca University -- Posted by Casey on 09-16-04 09:06
Hi Arda,
I was a high school teacher in Career and technology Studies (I taught
computers, accounting, English, and Electronics), I was hired to be the
project manager and instructional designer for a distance-based college
program leading to certification as a Forestry Technician. It was
definitely a move upward on the academic scale. It was a great
opportunity to coordinate SME's (Subject Matter Experts) and design
(graphic and layout) for print, web, and multimedia design. Too bad the
program funding ran out after a year and a half...but, thats how it goes
sometimes.
Casey
"arda" wrote in news:u5Q1d.14129$%S.4069@pd7tw2no:
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> "Casey" wrote in message
> news:1095217879.XyVGfNpwMelzrUNgheC9mg@teranews...
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> I don't know about the rest of the world, but I got my Master of
>> Distance Education degree through AU in 2002 and 4 months before I
>> even graduated I was hired as a college instructional designer.
>
> Hi. what type of school were you hired at? I presume you had taught
> at a similar school before, i.e. secondary school teacher -->
> secondary education instructional design, yes?
>
> Reason I ask is I used to teach ESL, and was looking at the MDE at AU
> too, and I wonder if your new degree allows you to do design of
> distance ed instruction in content areas that you haven't taught in a
> regular classroom, or in areas that you are not specifically qualified
> to teach. IOW, would I then be limited to doing distance ed for the
> same kinds of schools/programs I have taught before, in your opinion.
>
> -a-
>
>
Re: Athabasca University -- Posted by arda on 09-16-04 11:35
"Casey" wrote in message
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> I was a high school teacher in Career and technology Studies (I taught
> computers, accounting, English, and Electronics), I was hired to be the
> project manager and instructional designer for a distance-based college
> program leading to certification as a Forestry Technician. It was
> definitely a move upward on the academic scale. It was a great
That's interesting -- you went from working at a high school to working for
a college. Thanks for the info.
> opportunity to coordinate SME's (Subject Matter Experts) and design
> (graphic and layout) for print, web, and multimedia design. Too bad the
> program funding ran out after a year and a half...but, thats how it goes
> sometimes.
Well, I wonder if being hired to develop programs means ipso facto that you
are probably going to have to keep looking for new work all the time? Seems
that might be one of the pitfalls of doing instructional design.
Did you do much technical work for the program development, or pretty much
just content stuff? I imagine that it's not too technical to set up WebCT.
I imagine it doesn't require one be a programmer or anything like that.
Then again, since you taught computers, maybe you have a good amount of
programming skill? If so, I'm just wondering how important that is in design
of distance education programs.
-a-
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