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Omeo



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:47 am    Post subject: Course Reputation? Reply with quote
How do you determine if a course is reputable and accredited? Is there a list somewhere? Do the good ones wear their accreditation on their sleeves on the front page of the website? Does it just depend on certain criteria like how many hours of instruction and how many hours of practice?
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Kent F. Kruhoeffer



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 12:50 pm    Post subject: repost :: accreditation links Reply with quote
Hello Omeo


Quote:
Is there a list somewhere?


Yes. Very Happy


These questions come up on a fairly regular basis,

so about a year ago, I started collecting links

related to the topic. Here they are:


in the USA




http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/ (US Department of Education)

http://www.msche.org/ (Middle States Commission on Higher Education)

http://www.chea.org/ (CHEA / Council for Higher Education Accreditation)

http://www.detc.org/ (DETC / The Distance Education and Training Council)

http://www.ncate.org/ (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education)

http://www.wascweb.org/ (WASC / Western Association of Schools and Colleges)

http://www.accet.org/index2.cfm (ACCET / Accreditation Council for Continuing Education)

http://www.citaschools.org/ (Commission on International & Trans-Regional Accreditation)



in Canada




http://www.cade-aced.ca/ (CADE / Canadian Association for Distance Education)

http://www.tesl.ca/ (The TESL Canada Federation Website / please refer to Standards)

http://www.accreditations.ca/ (Canadian Education and Training Accreditation Commission)

http://www.cicic.ca/postsec/indexe.stm (Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials)



in Australia




http://www.auqa.edu.au/ (AUQA / Australian Universities Quality Agency)

http://www.aqf.edu.au/register.htm (AQF / Australian Qualifications Framework)



in the UK




http://www.iatquo.org/ (IATQuO / UK)

http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/ (Ofsted Homepage)

http://www.trinitycollege.co.uk/ (Trinity College London)

http://www.cambridgeesol.org/index.htm (Cambridge ESOL)

http://www.britishcouncil.org/accreditation.htm (British Council)

http://www.collegeofteachers.ac.uk/index.htm (The College of Teachers)

http://www.odlqc.org.uk/ (ODL QC / Open and Distance Learning Quality Council)

http://www.actdec.org.uk/ (Accreditation Council for TESOL Distance Courses / UK)

http://www.dfes.gov.uk/index.shtml (DfES / Department for Education and Skills / UK)

http://www.qca.org.uk/index.html (QCA / Qualifications and Curriculum Authority / UK)

http://www.accac.org.uk/ (Qualifications, Curriculum & Assessment Authority / Wales)



general information & discussion


http://www.matesol.info/ (MATESOL / free MA TESOL Guide)

http://www.postgrad.hobsons.com/ (Hobson's Postgrad UK Guide)

http://www.whichcourse.com/ (Which Course? / choosing a TEFL course)

http://www.eslbase.com/tefl_courses.asp (eslbase / information on TEFL courses)

http://www.eslcafe.com/discussion/dz1/ (Dave's ESL Cafe / Teacher Training Forum)

http://www.degreeinfo.com/index.html (DegreeInfo / distance learning info & forum)

http://www.teslreview.com/ (TESLreview / accreditation information & forum)





reposted from The Master Index Thailand located @ the top of the Thailand Forum

Last edited by Kent F. Kruhoeffer on Mon Dec 19, 2005 12:39 pm; edited 3 times in total
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Guy Courchesne



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 2:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Here's another site dedicated to course reviews, though they mostly have online courses listed.

http://www.teslreview.com/
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Kent F. Kruhoeffer



Joined: 22 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 3:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
^ Thanks Guy ...





I've added that link

to the Index !
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