We agreed that it was pretty easy to say what doesn't work, >and to gripe about ill-advised trendy schemes at are a loony a dozen, >but the fact remains that with the right resources and the chutzpah to >insist on careful development, distance writing courses can work. Though it's also easy to ignore the basic critical-pedagogical questions, isn't it? It >would be useful to hear positive stories that end with a generalizable >point that others can learn from. This really sounds like you want to preclude certain perspectives.