Thursday 1 January 2009

Degree opportunities

http://www.sunnipath.com/degree/associates/
http://www.sunnipath.com/degree/associates/courses.aspx

the first link is the detail of what the degree is and the second is a list of modules within the degree

this site has provided something new to offer for the 'students' that come to this website. Sunni Path has know given its 'students' the ability to be able to acquire a degree from the site. a qualification which is recognisable, granted by Sunni Path and also a university known as WISE University. i feel that this has really broadened out the virtual experience. giving students the ability to acquire a degree all online. from this i feel their are many positive ideas that can be given, such as the website has started to give knowledge to a global audience, allowing people to get knowledge not only so easily and conveniently, but also something that is accredited and recognised. this has opened a new door to studying Islam, from how it used to be from the traditional class, with students from different backgrounds being together in the same room learning from the teacher, to the virtual class room with the teacher being listened to by students from also different backgrounds but they are still in their own environments and also the 'students' may be studying the same course they still are not together.

the few worries that i have with this sort of virtual course is that, although they allow students to ask questions and have contact with the teacher in certain appointed hours that the teachers have provided, it still limits the learning of the student from the teacher, if a student is writing a question or comment to their teacher, i feel that maybe the difficulty of typing could limit the question instead of really speaking to the teacher through their words. also with the amount of students taking the same course, how will the teacher really cope having to write so many answers to the questions given to them by their students? will the answers of the teachers be thorough or rushed so that they can be able to get to the next question?

furthermore me being a students also, i have learned not only in lectures but in discussions with friends on certain modules, with long discussions and talks with each other. information has been acquired by discussions that have developed through time in a conversation. i think that it would be difficult to have that sort of developing conversation through typing or even on the phone compared to having a face to ace conversation. i think it would be difficult virtually to have certain study groups or discussions etc. you wouldn't believe how much i have learnt through just sitting with my friends in a lounge having hot chocolate. can that be achieved virtually?


http://www.sunnipath.com/Academy/OnlineCourses/Law/Introduction-to-Inheritance-Law.aspx?utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=featured267w

this is a link to a course detail of a specific course. i would like to look at the layout and features of this particular link. because of how it links to a course description within a university for examples. showing its professional layout and style. this page provides information that relates to the Internet access such as the time and day in which they stream, which i assume is for classes. the way that this linked out is that it has on top, the categories of the types of courses it has. the course that this link shows is of inheritance law which is obviously apart of the 'Law' section.
to make the course details look more professional they have loads of options at the bottom where it has the details of the teacher. just above it their are other details provided such as requirements, lesson overview, details, features etc.

curriculum

when looking into the course curriculum, i think they have different types. the inheritance law says it is an 'associates curriculum' and before in another course i think it said 'foundation curriculum'. their is a link to find out, more about the curriculum but it seem to go to an empty page.

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