Hi again Dave,
Kept checking back but never received an answer to my question to the ombud -- a bit disappointed.
Not sure if my takeaway from this little exchange should be that I shouldn't have asked questions about previous research and how that shaped the structure of the current course.
If so, makes me feel like a bit of a guinea-pig -- or subject of an ethnographic study -- who is not meant to benefit from my own participation in the experiment.
If so, also makes me feel a bit like I have been 'lurked'.
Hope this data helps.
Thanks,
Asif