Outcome-Based Correspondence Education 

"Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught"--Oscar Wilde

Correspondence Education takes place when the instructor(s) and student(s) are separated by space and time. The gap between the two can be bridged through the use of technology - such as audio tapes, videoconferencing, satellite broadcasts and online technology - or more traditional delivery methods, such as the postal service.

You may be surprised to discover that you can earn college credits or a college degree itself from past schooling and lifelong learning experiences. Each year you grow older you accumulate life experiences. The experience in and of itself, however, is not what earns credit but the outcome.

We award credits only if the acquired credentials are equivalent to what would have been taught in a college level and students have sufficient, verifiable and demonstrable academic knowledge and skills supporting their claims.

Our mode of delivery is "Blended Learning" which is a mix of delivery methods that have been selected and fashioned to accommodate the various learning needs of a diverse audience in a variety of subjects. This method can include any combination of any of the delivery methods below:

Instructional Communication Systems

"The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said"--Peter Drucker 

 Voice--Instructional audio tools include the interactive technologies of telephone, audioconferencing, and short-wave radio. Passive (i.e., one-way) audio tools include tapes and radio.

 Video--Instructional video tools include still images such as slides, pre-produced moving images (e.g., film, videotape), and real-time moving images combined with audioconferencing (one-way or two-way video with two-way audio).

 Data--Computers send and receive information electronically which include:

Computer-assisted instruction (CAI) - uses the computer as a self-contained teaching machine to present individual lessons.

Computer-managed instruction (CMI) - uses the computer to organize instruction and track student records and progress. The instruction itself need not be delivered via a computer, although CAI is often combined with CMI.

Computer-mediated education (CME) - describes computer applications that facilitate the delivery of instruction. Examples include electronic mail, fax, real-time computer conferencing, and World-Wide Web applications.

 Print--is a foundational element of St. Linus' online education and the basis from which all other of its delivery systems have evolved. Various print formats are available including: textbooks, study guides, course syllabi, and others.

Self-taught and Self-paced Independent Learning Program

“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them”--Aristotle

What life based learning proposes is that learning for work is not restricted to learning at work. The premise underpinning life based learning is that all learning is interrelated, so it is not easy to separate learning at work from the other types of learning adults do. Learning is a multi-dimensional experience and we engage in a lot of learning other than professional development. Much of this ‘extra-curricular’ learning influences our thinking and our work practices.

Through life based learning, we acknowledge multiple sources of learning that open up opportunities for developing our capability. The challenge is how to recognise, capture, support and utilise this more open-ended approach for the benefit of both the individual and the organisation.

St. Linus' self-taught & self-paced independent learning program is an outcome-based education where your acquired credentials and life experiences will be given credits or a degree equivalency based on our PLAR system.

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The Process

"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves"--Victor Frankl

If you wish to know more on how you can transfer your previous schooling, work/life experiences, and other acquired credentials into college credits or a university degree itself, please let us know. Here is how:

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