> You can have 50 levels of applied knowledge, rising all the way to PhD
Nice idea. I think fine-grained representations of the learner's "state" will lead to interesting applications in the future.
Though there are a few things going on. Having the credits for course the Advanced Calculus course MATH314 on my transcript granted from {{U_name}} means a couple of things: (1) I passed the class, (2) I probably know all the material in the courses which are prerequisites (D.CALC, INT.CALC, MULTIVAR.CALC, LA), and (3) I am ready to take more advanced courses that require AdCalc (like say, a 3rd year Electricity & Magnetism course).
My feeling is that none of the above three aspects are worth certification. (And payment!) This level of knowledge cert. would be too granular. What we want certification for is at the end of the completed degree. ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: ENGINEER
That being said it would be cool to have University "credits" portable in between institutions without having to jump through hooks trying to get administrators to accept credits form other universities...
Nice idea. I think fine-grained representations of the learner's "state" will lead to interesting applications in the future.
Though there are a few things going on. Having the credits for course the Advanced Calculus course MATH314 on my transcript granted from {{U_name}} means a couple of things: (1) I passed the class, (2) I probably know all the material in the courses which are prerequisites (D.CALC, INT.CALC, MULTIVAR.CALC, LA), and (3) I am ready to take more advanced courses that require AdCalc (like say, a 3rd year Electricity & Magnetism course).
My feeling is that none of the above three aspects are worth certification. (And payment!) This level of knowledge cert. would be too granular. What we want certification for is at the end of the completed degree. ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: ENGINEER
That being said it would be cool to have University "credits" portable in between institutions without having to jump through hooks trying to get administrators to accept credits form other universities...