Plugging Along

It's been a long few weeks. Yesterday was my first day off in 28 days. I spent the day helping construct a garage door.

My homework is moving along. I've felt lost as to what we are to do exactly. However, I've gained some info from my fellow cohort members. (There has been many occasions were members of the cohort have clarified aspects of various courses...If you've never been a member of a cohort, it is quite nice, we all work for, support, encourage and learn with each other.)

As I completed this past week's readings, I've realized that there are more benefits and conflicts to accreditation standards than what is on the surface (or at least what I've found to be on the surface). Some surface issues (if you wanted to know) include required standards such specific numbers of faculty members, the availability to certain equipment, and the need for yearly reports and documentation.

The deeper benefits and conflicts include the completion specific curricular guidelines, and the difficulty involved with designing courses to meet the needs of all learners and still complete such a ridged curricula. However, the extent of our assessment practices is a feather in our cap.