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Download full textHalliday-Wynes, Sian; Beddie, Francesca – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
This "at a glance" publication investigates the idea of "informal learning", which has been described as an iceberg: "mostly invisible at the surface and immense in its mostly submerged informal aspects" (Livingstone 2000). It does so in order to offer some definitional clarity for those needing to uncover that…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Adult Learning, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries
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Direct linkPina, Anthony A. – Distance Education, 2010
A diploma mill is commonly recognized as an entity that will award a degree for substandard academic work. However, there is no universal agreement among different higher education institutions as to what constitutes minimum standard academic work or minimum knowledge and skills required of graduates. The author states that many of the negative…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Distance Education, Academic Degrees, Academic Standards
