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Old 09-Jun-2006, 04:29
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Default Re: Recommended Online TEFL programs

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Originally Posted by jessychitra
Hi tdol:
The information you gave is interesting. Can you explain in detail and with a example? This would help somebody who is interested in any online course.
Thanks in advance!
Jessy
OK
http://www.teflcorp.com/ol-home.htm They claim their course is 'TITC is the ONLY online course provider externally moderated and accredited by IATQuO (International Accreditation of TESOL Qualifying Organizations).' There's a reason for this, according to one site (http://blogs.free-esl.com/blogs/blog.asp?fEntry=239), which is that is is a questionable accreditation.
If you look at the accreditation site:
http://www.iatquo.org/
You will see that it doesn't look very solid- one person is named as director, the same person who guarantees the impartiality:
Who is accountable for the impartiality of IATQuO moderation? Dr Alan Moller, the Academic Director.
He is assisted by an academic advisory panel. http://www.iatquo.org/FAQ.shtml



There are other signs that this is not a paritcularly big or professional operation- the copyright is out of date (2005), which doesn't bode well for a serious online accreditation body, the contact email again points to the same person. In other words, it looks very like one person handing out accreditation, which is meaningless interntaionally and ESL is a very international job. That is why I recommend caution with online courses.
If you do a Whois search (http://www.whois.net/- this will show you where a site is registered and give details that are public including addresses, etc), you get registration details, and the domain is registered again under the same person's name, which would be very unusual for something that claims to be an accrediting body, which would more logically be registered under a company name not an individual name. All this raises my suspicions about the quality of the accreditation, while the College of Teachers has been around for over a century.

Last edited by Red5; 11-Jun-2006 at 22:13. Reason: Added link to the College of Teachers
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