Thread:PERSONALISED LEARNING - ACADEMIC GUIDANCE (1)

I agree that our administration tasks have increasingly become very difficult to keep up, especially at the beginning of the year, during the enrolment stage; HOWEVER; I know that the time I have put into ensuring that students enrolled in courses have the pre-requisite when needed, received the assurance from their schools that they are able to work independantly has paid off because the individual has been looked at before the enrolment has been accepted.

When I was the senior academic dean, responsible for students placement in courses, considerable time was spent at the beginning of the year to review their previous year's achievements and goals set and courses chosen to meet those needs. Almost no one was turned away from a F2F course, but some conditions may have been put in place and negotiation between the teacher and student.

If we are allowing students to self enrol, then where does the academic guidance needed to ensure they are making informed choices being made? I think there needs to be an initial approval given, then the student could enrol, as would easily be able to happen with the scholarship mentoring; but even then those students need to be vetted first.