Feedback on Banner #2 - Globally Recognized Credentials
Adoption of consistent style conventions.
- Should we adopt US, Canadian, British or other Commonwealth spelling conventions, for example "Recognised" or "Recognized": Credentials
- Speaking personally as long as we are consistent - that's fine, especially considering the global nature of the OERu network and that "ise" versus "ize" in British spelling is becoming less of an issue in the modern world. Or am I offending purists?
Copy for Banner #2 reads
All OERu courses can be assessed towards academic credit through one of our partner institutions, which means that for a fraction of the full tuition costs, you can get formal credit recognized around the world.
The formal assessments are optional – if you’re not interested in formal credit you don’t have to spend a cent.
To be more correct, I suggest deleting "All" in "All OERu courses" because there are some preparatory / foundation courses listed on the OERu site aimed at providing learner support which do not offer assessment towards academic credit.
For the prospective target audience 'Globally Recognized Qualifications' may be more effective
Jim is right, learners will be more familiar with the concept of qualifications - the concept of credentials is more academic and of greater interest to institutions and assessment gurus. Qualifications would be more acceptable and understandable to both audiences.
Noted - thanks.
Regarding UK/Business English - should we message the group to find the appropriate direction? If this were a typical business audience, my recommendation would be to use US spelling, but in academia I think we're probably best served using UK. I'm good with either/or.
Business writing recommends US, but we should continue to use UK, considering our audience. This was me not thoroughly checking, and I'll endeavour to use British English moving forward.
