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COL & ACOL Showcase. CIPD Certificate in Online Learning Advanced Certificate in Online Learning. Purpose of this showcase.
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COL & ACOL Showcase CIPD Certificate in Online Learning Advanced Certificate in Online Learning www.schmoller.net
Purpose of this showcase “The CIPD is launching a new Advanced Certificate in Online Learning (ACOL) to complement its successful Certificate in Online Learning (COL) and suite of short courses in this topic. This showcase will demonstrate how e-learning is used as a practical tool and will highlight the advantages of this training method as well as how major pitfalls can be avoided.” www.schmoller.net
Who we are Karen Ver – Business Manager, e-learning, CIPD Training Seb Schmoller – freelance consultant and member of the CIPD Advisory Board for COL and ACOL. Previously Course Director for COL. www.schmoller.net
Aims of presentation • To help you come to a view about whether COL and/or ACOL are suitable for you or your people. • To enable you to put questions to: • CIPD’s e-learning Business Manager, about prices, booking arrangements etc; • me, about the thinking behind both products. • To provide you with insights into one particular approach to online learning and professional development. (Feel free to raise points as the session progresses.) www.schmoller.net
COL - organisation • 24 week course x 5-6 hours per week • 4 start-dates per year • run under the auspices of The Sheffield College • accredited with National Open College Network – 6 credit units at Level 3, against submission of portfolio of evidence www.schmoller.net
COL – approach/content • team-taught online by 2 CIPD approved tutors • 1 working day response to emails • participants organised in cohorts of ~15 • cohorts divided into learning sets of ~5 • discussion using email and “web-board” • URL: http://www.cipd.col.ac.uk/course6/ UN: cipd-sept PW: j**r**y www.schmoller.net
COL – effectiveness Completion rates > 90% In depth review by External Moderator: www.schmoller.net
ACOL - rationale • COL completers wanted more • CIPD perceived demand for a course with a strong focus on e-learning intervention • thus CIPD “Advanced Certificate in Online Learning” www.schmoller.net
ACOL – organisation/content • team-taught online by 2 CIPD approved tutors • 38 weeks course x 2.5 hours per week (i.e. longer and thinner than COL) • first run: 13 January 2003; then 9 June 2002 • accredited at Level 4 • unit structure www.schmoller.net
Advantages & pitfalls www.schmoller.net
Contact details • Karen Ver Business Manager, e-learning CIPD Training 020 8263 3217 k.ver@cipd.co.uk • Seb Schmoller seb@schmoller.net 0114 2586899 www.schmoller.net