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[JanW]

At 09:15 AM 22/03/2016, Tom Worthington wrote:
>On 20/03/16 10:25, JanW wrote:
>
>>At 10:03 AM 20/03/2016, Tom Worthington wrote:
>>>.... When I signed up for a DE Masters of Education, one questions
>>>on the enrollment form asked was if I was a prisoner.
>>
>>You do understand why they ask that question, don't you? ...
>
>No. It may be the institution has special procedures for
>students who are prisoners.

The reason is that prisoners are not in general allowed internet access. The prisons make the rules, NOT the institution. I ran a program that included federal prisoners taking distance ed classes pre-internet. We managed to include them in phone conference classes JUST delivered to them as a group, with the teacher not having to travel to the facility. It was a challenge. But to put prisoners on the net? No way. They could take face to face classes delivered in the prison. It's too long ago to remember if they could take other forms we offered.


>I only discovered last week they have a separate cohort for Greek students (because there is a Greek campus). As far as I know I am the only Australian in the program and so get put in the group with the North Americans.

Since it appears you were in with students in the US, this is why - it would be a standard question there.

Jan


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