STRATEGIES FOR WEB BASED INSTRUCTION IN DISTANCE EDUCATION （下）.doc

STRATEGIES FOR WEB BASED INSTRUCTION IN DISTANCE EDUCATION (下)
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Strategies for cooperation and collaboration
One of the principal features of the is the concept of sharing – every web site published is an attempt in this direction to make known what is available whether merce or otherwise. Educational institutions offering programmes or courses of study on the web provide a wide choice to those who desire to enhance their educational qualifications. bination of course offerings on the Web by different institutions may be the most obvious choice to the students. To provide a suitable award to the candidates who take courses on the web a certain degree of collaboration amongst the institutions would be necessary and desirable. In this, academic autonomy, which is widely touted and fiercely defended by educational institutions would have to be reconciled with the overall demands of students, and educational institutions should consciously collaborate and cooperate to benefit their student clientele in myriad ways.
Various patterns of collaboration can be envisaged. The range from individuals voluntarily sharing resources to institutionalized collaboration in course and credit sharing.
In a paper by Nick Bowskill, Steve McCarty and others titled “Cultural Sensitivity in Voluntary Virtual Professional munities” published in Sept