Shane L.'s List: Distance Education

• The capacity to work creatively and autonomously is required at all levels but in contexts that range from fixed routines to those characterized by ambiguity and uncertainty
• an interdisciplinary perspective, and how the fields may intersect with fields in related disciplines
• knowledge of and experience in research in an area of the discipline
• Evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to solving problems using well established ideas and techniques
• Devise and sustain arguments or solve problems using these methods
• The ability to communicate information, arguments and analysis accurately and reliably, orally and in writing, to specialist and non-specialist audiences using structured and coherent arguments, and, where appropriate, informed by key concepts and techniques of the discipline
• underlying concepts, principles, and techniques of analysis
• use this knowledge in the creative process
• • The ability to use a basic range of established techniques to:
   
   
  1. initiate and undertake critical evaluation of arguments, assumptions, abstract concepts and information;
   
  2. propose solutions;
   
  3. frame appropriate questions for the purpose of solving a problem;
   
  4. solve a problem or create a new work;
   
  • The ability to make use of scholarly reviews and primary sources.
• • The qualities and transferable skills necessary for further study, employment, community involvement and other activities requiring:
   
   
  1. the exercise of initiative, personal responsibility and accountability in both personal and group contexts;
   
  2. working reflectively with others;
   
  3. decision-making in complex contexts;
   
  • The ability to manage their own learning in changing circumstances, both within and outside the discipline and to select an appropriate program of further study;
   
  • Behaviour consistent with academic integrity and social responsibility.
• An understanding of the limits to their own knowledge and ability

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