- From: Phil Barker <phil.barker@hw.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:30:18 +0000
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Yes, in most UK universities, formally, a "course" is a collection of "modules" completion of which is necessary to satisfy the requirements for some award. (That's not universal though, I work in a University which uses program for the collection and course for the smaller units; also informally course is often used in the US sense--I don't think anyone would misunderstand the C in MOOC). Importantly, UK Universities advertise and recruit into courses not individual modules, so they would probably want schema mark up to address this level. If a bit of semantic elasticity is allowed, the term course can cover both program and module, so long as we allow for courses that have parts that are other courses. Outside of academia, "course" is widely used in the UK in pretty much the US sense, e.g. for local council-run adult education[1], commercial training courses[2], professional/staff development courses, and so on[3]. Whatever term is used, it will need a careful definition. The common terms are all ambiguous, the unambiguous formal terms aren't intuitive. Phil 1. examples at https://www.joininedinburgh.org/enrol/aep/ 2. examples at http://www.train4publishing.co.uk/courses 3. examples at http://www.theguardian.com/guardian-masterclasses/digital On 06/03/2015 05:31, Wes Turner wrote: > I am in support of "Course". > > These sites all use the term "course" (in no particular order): EdX, > Coursera, Udacity, EduMine, FutureLearn, OpenCourseWare, Class Central. > > AFAIU, the en-GB usage of "Course" is roughly equivalent to "Course of > Study", "Degree Program", "Major / Minor". > > If necessary, a popular vote? > > Alternatives to course? > * en-GB: "Module" > * "class" - this is less than ideal. > * "MOOC" does not cover the breadth of the subject mater. > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Vicki Tardif Holland > <vtardif@google.com <mailto:vtardif@google.com>> wrote: > > I agree that another term besides "Course" needs to be considered. > (Oddly enough, I attended a university that uses "course" the way > other US universities use "major", so I am sympathetic to the > issues with the term.) > > Putting aside Course vs Class vs some other term for now, what is > the objection to a subclass for online sessions? > > - Vicki > > > Vicki Tardif Holland | Ontologist |vtardif@google.com > <mailto:vtardif@google.com> > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 12:11 PM, Jim Goodell <jgoodell2@yahoo.com > <mailto:jgoodell2@yahoo.com>> wrote: > > I used what seems to be the key points of consensus from > comments posted to Vicki’s doc, and the thread, to mark up > suggested changes to the proposal. > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/12YWjLzZC8FiTiOwSAETRIEozeqZdn6O8a4fgqK4t5Ss/edit?usp=sharing > > -Jim Goodell > > > ----- We invite research leaders and ambitious early career researchers to join us in leading and driving research in key inter-disciplinary themes. Please see www.hw.ac.uk/researchleaders for further information and how to apply. Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC000278.
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