Bespoke Training Courses Case Studies
Brixton Prison
Working in conjunction with Lewisham College the requirement was to deliver to prisoners a two-week course on Presentation skills using PowerPoint.
Brixton Prison is predominately a remand prison so the classes tended to be of a ‘roll in - roll out’ nature. Students were given an on-line initial IT skills assessment followed by a discussion about their individual learning needs. We then set out SMART objectives for their individual learning plan.
The specific learning outcomes for the course included the opportunity for students to tell ‘their own story’, work as a team and complete the New Clait Level 1 PowerPoint Examination.
The underlying use of the PowerPoint application allows us to explore student communications skills and through the project gave them an opportunity to present their story to other students.
In a recent OFSTED report (2009) for delivering ICT training at Brixton Prison, our new and innovative learning approach, contributed to the training facility run through Lewisham College to obtaining a Grade 2.
We were also involved in developing a student Intranet and VLE (Virtual Learning Environment).
Ravensbourne College of Technology
The College required a course with the following specific aim:
This unit aims to develop the essential underpinning knowledge of a relevant object-oriented software language, and introduce students to its use and applications through project experience in designing and producing solutions to software-based problems.
This knowledge is fundamental to the work students will undertake in the Engineering Project unit. The learning aims devised in conjunction with the College and Inbox Solutions in order to pass this Level 2 unit, students must demonstrate that the following learning outcomes have been achieved:
Knowledge and Understanding
1. Explain the features of a programming language from syntax and semantic definitions. (LO1) Skills
2. Produce appropriate sets of data and apply appropriate testing methodologies; (LO2)
3. Examine the specification of procedures in terms of pre- and post-conditions, and functionality, to produce an appropriate procedure design, and be able to communicate development stages clearly; (LO3)
4. Implement their knowledge of data types and data structures, according to the requirements of procedures, using an appropriate set of test data to validate the program. (LO4)
The course delivery by the company was a 10-week introduction to Visual Basic.Net and included the design a media player in Visual Basic .NET based around the Windows Media Player Active X control.
Students were assessed on a variety of tasks that included:
- Level of knowledge and understanding of programming languages
- Degree of efficient and functional design
- Level of understanding of procedures in validating a program
