Lucy Potter

The Best Way To Change Career – Sign Up For Industry Led Training

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When we want to learn a new skill, there are a couple of ways of achieving this.  If for example we want to learn a craft, we can ask a knowledgeable and expert friend whom we trust.  They will usually share their enthusiasm and show us how to get started in our quest.   Or we can just look on the big public video platform for a suitable specialist sharing their skills for all to see, free of charge.  However, should we decide we want to change careers and go in a completely new direction, then some serious retraining is needed.

This is where online training courses are an absolute boon.  If you have already qualified in one field but feel you want to shift across in the same inudstry but in a different niche, then there are industry focused educators and a few enquiries online will be sure to get you to the exact selection of courses to sign up to – there will be career information as to how each course will help and to what degree it will satisfy the requirements of the chosen career.   Asking questions of the supplier of the courses as well as someone in the field you wish to enter will always pay dividends in the long run.  Just assuming that you are taking the right course could cause a delay in achieving your aim.  Supposing you are an office secretary and you decide to become a legal secretary.  this can only be successfully achieved by signing on to a recognised industry led course and being coached and mentored throughout.  The jobs following qualification can only be realised within the industry itself.  Training online will indeed bear fruit in this instance.

Knowing The Best Online Tools For Boosting Pupil Attainment

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Every teacher, parent or guardian of school aged children shold be ensuring their charges get the best possible education available to them.  If they are genuinely interested in that child’s prospects and future career, then supporting their educationa and boosting it where possible should b a non negiable project.  But how to do this.  Big question.  There are thousands of online tools for this purpose but having the information to hand to know which are useful and which are likely to be expensive fripparies can be daunting.   Teachers are best placed to know what a pupil is achieving and capable of.  This makes them excellent choices for advising what may be best to bring out a child’s full potential via online learning tools.  By utilising softwre designed for quizzing, assessment and any homework proejct can be a must have for pupil engagement.  Finding the right tool for the classroom can also be a minefield as there is so much out there on offer.  There are sites though that have tested and reviewed platforms, and their findings make it a safer choice for teachers and parents to consider.   Teachers especially are able to select with confidence from ten of the best that one particular expert has thoroughly investigated.   These offer guidance on revision and resource tools and how to utilise them effecively.   Such help is so important in these hectic times.

The Well Trained Trainer Knows How To Pass On Their Knowledge

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Watching my gym trainer at work is absolutely fascinating – she takes no prisoners.  Everything is whizz bang, keep going, no slacking etc etc.  Of course I think to myself as I struggle witht what often feels like endless repeats, or reps, to use gym parlance, it is esier for a trained trainer, especially one who is physically fitter, leaner and younger.  But of course the training she has undertaken and continues to keep up to date, ensures she knows to not talk about her own physique or abilities, but to concentrate on getting the balance right for the paying public.    We concentrate on the aerobic routines and cardio for the first part of each session and then work our way round the groups of muscles and joints.  Her training is now done online, with zoom or any other streaming platform that can be viewed and the tough routines carried out.  So long as there is a goal to aim at, the training sessions can be made to suit whatever level you are at and improve the health & wellbeing of any individual.

Newbie Industrial Breakthroughs & Slow Burners

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They have awards for all sorts of innovations and industrial breakthroughs.  Some things take a little time to bed into the mindset.  In a large organisation or company, it can be very difficult to track employee training unless an element of control is introduced.  A learning management system is a software platform that specifically manages, shares out and tracks employee training;  every time they log on to do a bit more, it is recorded on their personal record.   This is the main function but of course, as with almost every invention under the sun, it is possible to utilise them for other purposes too.  Not only can they manage the every day role and company focused training modules, it is possible and very advisable to use the LMS to manage the even greater challenge of compliance training and customer education.

The suppliers of LMs systems also have the market covered with a variety of other very beneficial software systems.  Best project management; best contruction project management; best task management etc etc.  In fact there will be a management software package for every type of task that needs managing but it is a case of looking through and reviewing exactly what is needed in your particular company.  Does your current softwre supplier already have an allied programme that can work alongside your current programmes and will the software designers be able to amalgamate them.   All very valid questions.

 

Getting To Grips with The world of Online Learning

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E-learning is very much a way of life for many students and folk already out in the work place.  Taking an online course in our own time, in the convenience of our own home can make such a difference to prospects of greater qualification and personal development.  So what are virtual classes – each class is led by an experienced tutor or expert in the subject.   Learners have the oppoortunity to discuss all elements of the work module and assessment processes.  There is direct communication and interaction between learners, the tutor and peers.  Gaining access to live online virtual classrooms allows learners to navigate their way through the course materials in a timescale to suit themselves and yet allow the tutor to be able to advise and check progress, giving encouragement & prompts when thought necessary.

One of the major benefits of online learning is the physical aspect of not having to commute to another building.  Of course there is the element of having to adjust to solo working and sometimes this can take a little getting used to.  However the support of peers and the online tutor is probably greater than in a classroom setting in that there is no need to feel self conscious in front of class mates, like those dreadful days at school, for the shyer student!  There are so many online courses and subjects, it would be imossible not to find exactly the right combination for getting on either in a career or to improve school exam prospects.

 

Every Organisation With Training Programmes Benefit From LMS

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So many technological changes are coming on stream, that it can be bewildering to the organisation that wants to deliver effective and focused online training for their workforce.  This has resulted in the development of learning management software that has developed over a relatively short period to offer the means to create, delivery, track and manage a whole host of the company’s training programmes.   LMS is a well known phrase in work-speak.   This software includes a range of tools designed to really make the most of learning programmes and training courses for the learner and the provider, and those tracking the success or otherwise of the entire operation.  It will assist leaders to support the learner’s performance and achievements, by tracking their development and even assisting by prioritising health, safety and compliance.

A well designed LMS will centralise all the learning content in a digital database which ensures consistency in the learning environment where teachers and providers use technology to enhance their curriculum and greatly enlarge their engagement level amongst a wider selection of learners.   The LMS will have been designed specifically for the organisation by experts so that it is completely compatible with the business needs and will be able to grow as the needs for training develop.

Nurse Training Goes From School To Univesity Graduate

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Young folk leaving school today need to have a truly awesome grasp of the trends in technology and industry in general if they are to carve out a long term and profitable career.  In the ‘old days’ it was so easy to just leave school and find a job – be that manual labour, banking, typist, milkman etc.  Aspirations didn’t need to run high for the majority of youngsters.  There was the expectation that a job would be for life, you worked hard, had a holiday a year if lucky, and retired at 65.   It needs a great deal more planning these days.  Having an idea what you actually like doing and want to work at for a living are different to the hobbies and past times we take up along the way.

Take nursing for example.  At one time an intelligent pupil, almost always female, could be pointed in the direction of the nearest hospital that had a nurse training school and providing she showed some aptitude for learning and some good edside manner, was likely to be accepted for either a two year, State Enrolled post, or a three year course to become a State Registereed Nurse – the latter was preferable for the brighter lass as it meant starting one’s career as a Staff Nurse.   However for the last thirty or so years, the hospital authorities have deemed it necessary for all nurses to be university educated to graduate level.  So anyone wanting to take up the career needs to know in good time at school to ensure the correct examination choices are made.  But it is worth it in the end as Nursing is still one of the most trusted professions.

The Game Changer That Is A Good Learning Management System

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The big question her is what exactly is a learning management system . . . basically it administers an e-learning environment and offline learning keeping track of learner progress as individuals or as groups.  Tutors can interact with students from anywhere and encourage more participation by those slower or shyer candidates without the mortal fear of most students at some time, that of being looked at and laughed at in front of the class!  The ability to build training programmes that will deliver content that is totally relevant and engaging will bring noticeable improvement in performance which will be tracked within the system.   It is possible to train employees, customers and partners.  The systems are generally easy for administrators and managers to use as well as learners themselves.  There is nothing more daunting than undertaking change but finding it stifles growth by being clumsy and not a fluid streamlined operation.  Flexible integrations to other softwre systems such as HRIS and CRM is possible.  They can also support hugely popular VILT and ILT system based learning.  All offer robust reporting to track results across the board.

For First Time Career Planning, Online Training Courses Can Really Help

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It’s always a tricky question, which is the best platform for online training courses . . .   now the answer rather depends on what sort of online training you want.   Not every course supplier deals with every type of work or career role.    The major ones will be advertising heavily at the end of each academic term so they can mop up the lost and disenchanted folk who need to do something really quickly and effectively.  When you interrogate the myriad of course providers and the equally extensive list of subjects and courses pertaining, then this is big business.  When you consider the choices from accounting, animal care & welfare; beauty and all the branches of therapy;  child care and health;  counselling;  human resources;  management and leadership; teaching assistant.  There are so many vocational courses and pre apprecenticeship foundation, we could be here for days.  so it is definitely a case of speaking to a career tutor if still at school, or college or if past these stges, then doing some carefully noted research will help to find out what any course offers.   Once as student has an idea in their head, things can tend to move fast.  A simple enquiry can either lead to a fullsome career choice, or if not done well, can open up a millon rabbit holes.  So its best to have a good think and jot down ideas of what you want to study and why – there should be some element of gain at the end of it.  Like a career needing those very qualifications!

A Good LMS Involves Various Paths To Aid Learners

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The whole phrase, learning management software is enough of a mouthful to make you think it’s serious and not to be trifled with.   A good LMS contains several paths to provide learning paths for students to track and manage their own progress in a clear way.  These learning paths are essential for designing and organising learning content.  By perhaps using gamification processes, it stimulaes the student to give more effort by achieving awards and goals to encourage them to incease their skill base in their chosen environment.   Most students will give enhanced efforts to acquire additional recognised certification or accedited badges.  There is also the recertification route – this encourages the partisipation of personnel in annual compliance training by presetting the required recertification window.  Linking skills to the learning module will be enhanced if the provider assigns recommended skills levels to define a certain level of learning before the course is joined and commences as this informs the learner or student which skils will be improved by their participation in that course.   Reporting usually involves the student rating their experience of a course or learning mode and designating which is most popular with best outcomes for students.