The end of the beginning…
Today is the last day of my City & Guilds course on Delivering Learning. It’s also 5 months since 3D HR started in business. So where are we at?
The last assignment of the course is a Reflective Journal and a Summative Action Plan – in other words, so what? and what next? It was interesting to construct a mind-map (I thoroughly recommend the open-source software Free Mind) and draw out the connections across the five modules and think through how they connect with the business. Certainly the principles underpinning successful learning are appropriate – how to facilitate and manage the learning process and the learning environment, how to build on motivation, how to encourage attention through participation and appreciation of learners’ experience.
A 30 minute micro-teach session on e-mail management was a challenge. Successful through a variety of learning methods, application to learners’ context and keeping to time. Less so with too much material and not giving enough time for learners to summarise their learning and create their own action plan. Very useful to have tutor and peer feedback and a systematic self-evaluation.
And 5 months on? The business is up and running with a very interesting contract on international reward which includes role profiles and competency frameworks, recruitment policy and guidelines and employee engagement initiatives. The website has been developed and is much better and clearer now with more content. I have had an article published in People Management magazine on how to take back control of e-mail. And the third accounts package has been a good investment as I can now see where money is coming from and going to!
So it feels like the end of the beginning, with a host of business set-up workshops attended; a useful course completed; work being done and money being earned; and an e-presence established. Chapter 2…
