Today I started researching a product/service called READI (http://www.readi.info/index.cfm?fuseaction=home). It is basically a self assessment of basic skills (technical and educational) that allows students to determine if they are qualified to take an online course. Lately, our institution has seen a rise in "helpless" students who have a hard time in an online course. As usual, administration wants to reduce the number of these unprepared students and is considering the adopting of the READI assessment. I am fairly new to this service, but I wonder; even if the assessment tells a student they do not meet the minimum requirements to take an online course, what will stop them from registering anyway?
Perhaps this only applies to higher education, but since more and more ISD's are putting content online, this might be a solution to help those students who cant help themselves. What are your thoughts on this intiative?
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