I, personally, would not expect them to be equivalent. Self-directed learning with no feedback is much more difficult and error-prone than a guided process in a

I, personally, would not expect them to be equivalent. Self-directed learning with no feedback is much more difficult and error-prone than a guided process in an instructional environment. I use the comparison because a number of people seem to believe that the substitution is flawless and advocate for policy on those grounds.