Easter Monday work
April 5th 2010 07:17
Easter Monday, so a holiday from work today - work at the office, that is. What I've been doing is sorting out some more of the garden, and continuing to write the script (officially called the 'libretto') for my children's musical. I've been stuck on the third scene, and things are going a bit slow, even though my collaborator and I have worked out the structure for this particular scene.
It has eleven characters onstage at various times, so it requires some organisation. Along with that there's a good deal of exposition to be slotted in between the action that's moving forward - and backward, almost, at one point.
Just about need an online degree in scriptwriting, if such was available. (I'm sure it is - I just haven't checked.) Which brings me to my second topic (or third, if you include the brief mention of gardening, where for the most part I hacked away at various plants and bushes that were getting out of control) - Western Governors University. This is a private, non-profit, distance learning university funded and founded by 19 Western States' Governors in 1997.
I note that (amongst other things) they appear to do something that's similar to what my bosses were suggesting I do last year. This is where you get a degree on the basis of your management experience over a period of years. (Mine would have related to my 17 years managing a bookstore.) This experience is counted towards your knowledge of the subject and consequently you don't attend lectures as such, but work with a tutor who brings your ability to understand your own experience up to scratch and present it before a panel at the end of the period. At least that's how I think it works!
WGU offers competency-based degree programmes, which seem to be similar to what I was just mentioning. These programmes allow students who are already competent in a particular subject to demonstrate their
knowledge and thus push forward their education. There are some other options to the competency programme, but this one seems most similar to the one above.
Of course WGU offers a lot more than the competency programmes (here in my home town they're not done by the University, if I remember rightly, but as part of the Polytech programme). You can get both a bachelor's and masters degree online in four main focused areas: information technology, business, teacher education and the health professions.
Obviously WGU is a successful project: in 2009 there were at least 15,000 students enrolled...all online. (You can actually go to a bricks and mortar campus, but that isn't the way the majority of the work is done.)
However, they may need to get their admin side beefed up a bit. I got an attachment that was supposed to tell me more about it, and wound up with a completely blank page!
Photo of WGU Headquarters in Utah
It has eleven characters onstage at various times, so it requires some organisation. Along with that there's a good deal of exposition to be slotted in between the action that's moving forward - and backward, almost, at one point.
Just about need an online degree in scriptwriting, if such was available. (I'm sure it is - I just haven't checked.) Which brings me to my second topic (or third, if you include the brief mention of gardening, where for the most part I hacked away at various plants and bushes that were getting out of control) - Western Governors University. This is a private, non-profit, distance learning university funded and founded by 19 Western States' Governors in 1997.
I note that (amongst other things) they appear to do something that's similar to what my bosses were suggesting I do last year. This is where you get a degree on the basis of your management experience over a period of years. (Mine would have related to my 17 years managing a bookstore.) This experience is counted towards your knowledge of the subject and consequently you don't attend lectures as such, but work with a tutor who brings your ability to understand your own experience up to scratch and present it before a panel at the end of the period. At least that's how I think it works!
WGU offers competency-based degree programmes, which seem to be similar to what I was just mentioning. These programmes allow students who are already competent in a particular subject to demonstrate their
Of course WGU offers a lot more than the competency programmes (here in my home town they're not done by the University, if I remember rightly, but as part of the Polytech programme). You can get both a bachelor's and masters degree online in four main focused areas: information technology, business, teacher education and the health professions.
Obviously WGU is a successful project: in 2009 there were at least 15,000 students enrolled...all online. (You can actually go to a bricks and mortar campus, but that isn't the way the majority of the work is done.)
However, they may need to get their admin side beefed up a bit. I got an attachment that was supposed to tell me more about it, and wound up with a completely blank page!
Photo of WGU Headquarters in Utah
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