Please make sure that
you have read the Introductory
Guide before proceeding with any of the three routes you can
take through the materials.
The materials in the
three routes are the same. You cover the same things. The difference
is in the focus.
The step-by-step route
is the full online version of the paper-based pack. Taking a look
at the step-by-step route's contents
page gives you an overview of the pack in its entirety.
Don't forget that
you do *not* have to read through absolutely everything from beginning
to end. Instead, you should try to get an overview of the contents
of the pack so that you can use it as a resource in completing
your assessments.
Try to keep in regular
contact with your facilitator and others in your group by means
of email, phone, or ideally an online discussion forum. The onus
is on you to keep in touch.
The support and guidance
you get is largely responsive. This means you should not
expect lecturing from your facilitator, but instead guidance that
is largely in response to your enquiries, and thus tuned to your
needs. Consequently, you should be active in contacting your facilitator
and others in the group. The more questions you can raise early
in the course, the better.
The assessment
route focuses, naturally enough, on assessments. It starts
with the actual assessment tasks, as you can see from the assessment
route's contents page.
Use this route to
quickly ascertain what you can already do to meet evidence requirements
and performance criteria (pc's), and where you need to concentrate
your efforts. Links are provided to relevant activities for each
pc.
The activity route
focuses on the activities and assignments that are in the two
study sections, as you can see from the activity
route's contents page. Links are provided to the pc's and
assessment tasks that each activity relates to.
Which route you use
on any particular occasion is up to you. Nor do you have to use
them as routes in the sense of working through them from beginning
to end. The fact that the step-by-step route is called
the step-by-step route is not meant to imply that you must
work your way through all of it page by page. The 'next' and 'previous'
links are there to assist navigation if you want to go on to the
next page, or go back to the last point in the window's history
(often, but not always, the previous page viewed), but that doesn't
mean that you shouldn't feel free to jump to any other page in
the route, or move to another route, or use the search feature
(in the top right-hand corner of most pages on this site).
To jump to another
page in a route, or move to a different route, you can use the
navigation bar at the left-hand side of the page.
When you move to a
different route, links to all of the pages of the route are displayed
in the navigation bar. Open whichever page you want by clicking
on its link.
You can open pages
in a new browser window by right-clicking on them and selecting
'Open in New Window' if you're a Windows user. On a Mac, press
the Command key, click on the link, and then release the Command
key (or right-click when using a Mac, too, if you have a mouse
with more than one button).
If at any point you
have a question about something you read, or you would like advice
on what to concentrate on next, please get in touch with your
facilitator.
It's best if you can
post your questions to an online discussion area hosted by your
training provider. (The online
learning system you use may call such a discussion area a
forum or a conference or a discussion board,
but they are all, essentially, the same thing.) This way your
questions, and the answers you get, will help others.
Which
route should I take?
This is a very rudimentary
diagnostic that may help you decide which route to concentrate
on. Remember that you don't have to stick to any one route. Choose
whichever suits you best at the time, depending on your own preferences,
and circumstances. If unsure, please talk to your facilitator
as soon as you can.
What
are the essentials? ('fast track' advice)
Although we recommend
that you read through the introductory
guide, the unit
specification and the assessment
guide before embarking on work in any route, there is a lot
to read through and absorb. A 'fast track' or 'course in a nutshell'
guide has been prepared to assist you. If you want to make a quick
start, or remind yourself of essentials, you should find it useful.
NEW (20.7.00):
There is also a self-assessment
questionnaire (a Word document) for you to use. This document
includes a simple set of questions to help you identify what you
need to do (in terms of deciding which route to follow, which
activities to do, and what evidence to gather), from starting
the unit to completion.
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