Originally Posted by
TomJoad
they take no ownership of it, they often do not even have a superficial understanding. . . .If we are lucky they do a cursory search, settle for the first thing they find rather than use the many different presentations to compare, contrast, challenge and then deepen their understanding.
Quite.
One OU module I did required us to use a simple website creation tool. Two of 3 of us, cooperating over a forum, explored the tool and exploited it to its maximum. The works we created were far removed from what the OU tutors had expected of their tool - no html was allowed - and had to conceded we had followed the letter of the guidance but not the spirit.
The following year they proscribed the limits more closely to keep the playing field more level.
A degree today is scarcely more exacting than an A-level.