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I disagree with the writer of 'Qualification scrambles' (Letters, 27 May) when she says e-learning students lack opportunities to study with 'practitioners from a variety of settings and cultures'.
I have been studying with the Open University for six years to obtain a degree in early years and have learnt huge amounts about early years practice from online forums, as well as through well-designed courses using film and audio footage of different settings and cultures.
Through such footage, we have been able to gain insights into, for example, the Reggio Emilia approach, Forest schools and Mosaic research projects designed to improve child participation and practice linked to the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child.
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