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[Ryan Watkins]

Thanks for the link to the Bologna Process, it is quite interesting.
The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) was of
particular interest and I noted that they use both "learning outcomes"
and "workload" in defining the credits or "units" they use as the
transferable commodity across institutions. Here is a link to the
quick brochure they have online for this:

http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-policy/doc/ects/key_en.pdf

The system may not be ideal, but at least it provides one benchmark
for how other countries are looking at these issues.

Lastly, on one of the pages I noted that the US was invited to
participating in the 2009 discussions, but it was not clear from what
I saw if the US sent someone and if so whom was sent (and from
where). If there US participation in this process it would be good to
learn more about how that is being organized and what guidance they
can provide for this group's discussions.

Thanks again for the link and resource.

Ryan

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