by Victoria Clarke
We believe that learners should be in charge of their own professional development, which is why the vast majority of our courses are non-linear. I think that I’m fairly safe in saying that our clients and partners who offer our non-linear courses like the fact that it means their professionals are thinking for themselves, taking charge of their development and that they don’t have to waste time on stuff that they already know! However that’s not to say that we don’t get asked “how do we know when somebody has finished the course?” If learners are following a non-linear route through a Nelson Croom course then it’s unlikely that they will all finish on exactly the same page.
With CPD for example, professionals have a clear set of objectives and a clear outcome that they want from the online course. It doesn’t really matter whether they start at the beginning and work their way through, whether they start with the final test and then go through the course to fill in gaps in knowledge or whether they flit about from module to module. All of these learners will consider themselves to be “finished” at a different place in the course but from their point of view it’s important that they can demonstrate that they have completed the course with their CPD certificate.
So, we’ve just launched a new area in our courses – the Course Completion Area. This brings together some old and new functionality to provide a point at which learners can download their completion certificate, complete a course questionnaire and be recommended similar courses that they might enjoy. This has just gone live across our Accounting and Finance partners and will be rolled out across our Professional Development Portfolio partners soon. In time, we also plan to offer a customised version for our bespoke clients. In the meantime we’ll be watching how this area is used and we hope that our clients and their learners find it useful.
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