I only know what I have told you. I know for certain that more knowledge reviews are required for the online version of AOW. Our course director had the sense from his conversations taht more changes were possible, but I cannot tell you more than that.
By about the concern with eLearning being a lowering of standards in some way...
In that same meeting we talked about the experiences the shop has had with eLearning so far. Only the instructors who are also full shop employees have been involved with it so far, so I have not had direct experience. They report that every single student, with no exception, has emerged from the online academic portion of the class with the academics full nailed, and these students were completely ready for the pool portion of the class. There have been some other threads in which instructors have said exactly the same thing. In fact, I have never heard a single instance in which an instructor who has encountered eLearning students has said anything otherwise.
On what do you base your objection? General principals? Specific problems?