The carrot for learning shouldn’t be a certificate, accreditation, or approval. The stick for learning shouldn’t be mandated completion or 100% pass marks. Help people understand their own motivations for wanting to learn and their limits which will stop them starting or continuing. Blunt tools do no favours for participants, or the people wielding them.
I was at an online event a few weeks ago and watched a couple of presentations, asked a couple of questions, and took a couple of screenshots. It hasn’t registered much on my radar – I opened the file I had the screenshots in the other day and couldn’t work out why I’d taken them.… Read More Please collect your certificate
I had a good day last week with a session I run called employee development centre. The session isn’t your usual workshop or class; the contents of the day are entirely directed by the participants from pre event activity. Beforehand, they have a number of areas to reflect on and are asked a range of… Read More Learner Portfolio
Image courtesy of freedigitalphotos.net I had an interesting conversation today about whether to issue a certificate to an elearning user for completing a non-accredited course. It seems simple enough – put the effort in and you get an acknowledgement of your performance. However, does the certificate actually have any value? I recognise that an individual wants… Read More I think I should be certified…