these stand for open college network.... just wondering if any one had else had heard of them
2007-09-09 05:20:35 · 6 answers · asked by loopy-libs 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
Yes OCNs are accredited units from an organisation called Open College Network. The network began to accredit small units of learning - for example - a person learning Spanish as a beginner who wanted to achieve a certificate. They are very widespread nationally today. I devise and write OCN units for my college and consider they are useful when there is no set qualification for a small unit oflearning. OCNs are available at various levels from Entry point to Advanced (Level 3). I could go on all day if you need extra info. They are great for learners who can't achieve quals in traditional ways - for example community education relies on them for funding. some courses - such as cake decorating could not be funded by the gov. if there was no qual at the end - hence OCN. This is a bit garbled - but there's a lot more to it than this short piece really.
2007-09-09 11:05:21 · answer #1 · answered by confused 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I've heard of them. I did one in trade union studies 11 years ago
2007-09-09 05:30:10 · answer #2 · answered by Eeyore 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are being used more and more in getting people back to education. courses are in their 100's and range from plumbing to health and beauty to computer literacy. they are usually set up in local communities and adveets have been in the media
2007-09-09 05:41:32 · answer #3 · answered by irene m 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
never have sorry
2007-09-09 05:32:40 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-09-09 05:28:04 · answer #5 · answered by matthew m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-09-09 05:24:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋