Listening Skills in the Classroom
Duration: 2 hours

Describe and use strategies to improve listening in a classroom setting. Useful for educators and trainers across age groups.

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How People Learn
Duration: 1.5 hours

Learning is not just developing a memory bank of facts which can be regurgitated as and when needed. Learning is far more complex than that. Often people think of learning as something that is done at school, and perhaps something that ends after we leave school.

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How to Successfully Learn
Duration: 4 hours

Improve learning outcomes by recognising various learning types and skills.

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What Should I Learn?
Duration: 2 hours

You learn both formally and informally, every day of your life; whenever you play a game, read a book, watch TV, use a computer, visit a new place or talk with someone. Regardless of age, you will have learned many things over the last 24 hours. Some of these things may be trivial and insignificant and others could be valuable later in life.

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Why Should I Invest in Learning?
Duration: 1.5 hours

Learning is a natural part of life. Everyone starts life by learning to eat, crawl, walk, run, sit, talk, play and lots of other things; before ever being confronted by what we think of as “education” or “teachers”. Research proved long ago that more of a child’s learning is a result of play, than a result of any sort of “formal” teaching.

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Assessment and Evaluation For Trainers
Duration: 1.5 hours

Develop the skills you need to effectively assess and evaluate students in training programs.

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Communication for Workplace Trainers
Duration: 2 hours

Learn to effectively analyse communication strategies within a training environment. Includes material on barriers to communication.

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Motivation Skills and Techniques for Trainers
Duration: 1.5 hours

Learn how to effectively use motivation techniques and strategies to energise and engage your students.

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Understanding Learning Principles
Duration: 1.5 hours

Learn about the characteristics of effective educators. Covers both learning and teaching perspectives.

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Behavioural Learning
Duration: 4 hours

Develop an understanding of behavioural theories of learning.

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Delivering a Course
Duration: 3 hours

Learn how to successfully deliver a classroom or distance education course.

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Education Fundamentals
Duration: 3 hours

Learn about different approaches to education.

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Education Learning Theory
Duration: 5 hours

Learn about the theories of development.

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Information Processing
Duration: 3 hours

Learn how the Information Processing Model works.

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Memory Loss and Retention
Duration: 3 hours

Learn about the processes involved in memory loss and retention.

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Scope of Distance Education
Course Duration: 2 hours

Education is a dynamic industry where trends change according to the latest research and developments. You can stay up-to-date with the most current trends in distance education and learn the differences between various models of distance education and other forms of education. If you already work in education or want to develop yourself as an educational professional, this is an ideal course to introduce to the scope of the industry and to focus on the advantages and disadvantages of studying by distance.

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Individual Learning Needs
Duration: 2 hours

With this course you will learn about different methods of effective instruction to cater for individual needs.

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Constructivist Learning
Duration: 2 hours

With this course you will learn what a constructivist educational approach means and its relevance in education.


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How to Motivate Students to Learn
Duration: 2 hours

With this course you will learn the definitions of motivation and the application of motivation to learning.

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Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Course Duration: 3 hours

Learn about Attention Deficit Disorder including Hyperactivity disorder, and its impact on social, emotional or academic impact on the children and their families. If you work with children in a caring capacity then this course is a must to enhance your knowledge of childhood mental health. If you wok in education, this course will support you to understand and respond to children and young people presenting with ADD or ADHD in the learning environment or classroom.

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Asperger's Disorder
Course Duration: 2.5 hours

Achieving a badge in this course, demonstrates you know how to confidently explain Asperger’s disorder, including basic of diagnosis and appropriate responses that may be made by family, friends, teachers, carers and practitioners.

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Autism
Course Duration: 3 hours

Autism is the name given to a pervasive developmental disorder that describes a wide range of behaviours. At the end of this course, you will be able to explain autism, including a simple understanding of diagnosis, and appropriate responses that may be made by family, friends, teachers, carers and practitioners.

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Communication Disorders
Course Duration: 3 hours

Complete the course and receive a badge which demonstrates you can both explain a range of communication disorders and provide advice on appropriate responses which can be made by family, friends, teachers, carers and practitioners. This course is very useful for professional development for educators and professionals.

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Learning Disorders
Course Duration: 2.5 hours

Learning disorders are important to understand if you work with children or young people in education or through other linked services. Learning disorders do not mean that children and young being cannot aspire to meet their highest potential. Study this course to learn about how learning disorders involve academic skill, how they are split into disorders of reading, written expression, and mathematics in the DSM, or specific disorders of reading, spelling, and arithmetic in the ICD. They relate to specific areas of academic achievement.

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Course Writing Methodologies
Course Duration: 3 hours

This introduction to course writing leads you through a common sense guide to course writing. If you have been looking for something to help you understand course curriculum, coding systems, types of teaching and learning strategies embedded into courses and assessment criteria, this covers the basics and introduces you to these concepts. Your badge on completion demonstrates your understanding of methods used on online and traditional course writing.

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Teaching Techniques for Coaches
Duration: 3 hours

Learn how to implement common teaching techniques and learning structures into your coaching practice.

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Interpersonal Communication for Educators
Duration: 3.5 hours

Learn strategies for communicating with learners, including information on non-verbal communication, case studies, and assessment. Also useful for coaches and trainers.

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Conflict Management for Educators
Duration: 2 hours

Learn how to recognise and deal with conflict in an educational context. Includes examples of useful techniques.

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Mediation and Negotiation for Educators
Duration: 5 hours

Learn about the different scenarios requiring mediation and/or negotiation. Includes clear structure and techniques to achieve a peaceable outcome.

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Training of Staff in the Workplace
Duration: 1.5 hours

Training is the process through which employees are able to develop new skills, improve upon existing skills, and learn new ideas or attitudes. The outcome of training is beneficial to organisations in terms of the enhanced abilities, productivity and performance of employees. These days training is not limited to acquiring initial qualifications but is ongoing in many professions. In order for training to be effective, a needs analysis is often undertaken to determine what training is actually required and who needs it.

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