Author: Tariq Bitar

Lesson Delivery Style Affects Ability To Receive & Absorb

by Tariq Bitar, posted in E-Learning, Online Courses

In the grand scheme of things, I am generally known as a quick learner.  This however is only apt in a particular number of things.  I was amazingly quick on the uptake at school on lessons where the teacher held my attention, made the lesson interesting and relevant.  I can count on one hand the number that managed that but for all that, I did come away all those  years ago, with a greater sense of learning in a few subjects and this has remained with me all my adult life.  We did not have access to 0nline training or education.  Everything was blackboard and book stuff.  If the tutor bored th pants off me, perhaps delivered the material in a dry and stuffy, unhumourless manner, then they were dead in the water as far as my ability to take it in!  I definitely work better now with online courses , especially the multi choice reply type!

Training Throughout Life Benefits Every Generation

by Tariq Bitar, posted in E-Learning, Online Courses, VLE Software

When you get to a certain age, there is a tendency to panic at the thought of anything more challenging than learning to play scrabble or sudoko it seems.  I go to healthy walking group regularly and the rest of our group is mixed but mostly over 60s – it being a weekday.  I have made it a point to engage lots of the walkers in general conversation regarding their past careers, and what made them do this and that.  They don’t seem to mind.  I am fascinated by how each person has reached any particular pinnacle of success and how they did so.  What is obvious is so many miss the discipline of going to work and the training courses they may have attended in latter years.   Many of my pals have taken up a real variety of training opportunities with U3A for example – and the world is very much their oyster.

Horses For Courses With Career Focused Training

by Tariq Bitar, posted in E-Learning, Online Courses, VLE Software

There is such a lot of talk these days about the need for further education, going to university seems to be the be all and end all of the upper school education system.   Sometimes there are good reasons why not to take up a university place – maybe an apprenticeship opportunity comes along – that offers first class on the job training and a small paypacket.  After the 5 or 7 years, the candidate becomes a proud and fully trained motor mechanic, plumber or other vital trade.

As with all of life’s conundrums, careful thought has to be given to the benefits that might come from a specific career focused degree course.  For example, nursing – at one time a student nurse did training in the nursing school, then weeks on the ward and then back to the school for finals.  They were paid as working student nurses.   All these career based courses rely on continual top up training, usually online to keep development going.