Good Afternoon,

That would be of iterest to me as well even in an occasional training
setting.  Any form is fine for me.

John O'Rourke

----- Original Message -----
From: "Iliffe Ursula" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: to set the ball rolling - Question


> Hi
>
> I echo your thoughts. I have been in post about 7 months as an assessor
and
> It trainer for adaptive technology for University College Northampton. As
> there are several centres around the East Midlands, I really only cover
> Northamptonshire,  either UCN students, or students who live in
Northampton
> and are on vacations from courses in other parts of the country.
>
> I found out there were many IT trainers working at my institution in
> different departments with different  specific remits  (all feeling
> isolated). We have set our selves up as an informal internal network. I
was
> contemplating setting up an AT trainers list, and was glad to see one
> existed, but like Susan felt that it was a shamefully under used resource.
>
> A few days after each session I have been emailing students guidance notes
> on the functions we have covered in each session (usually one hour
> sessions). These are brief notes intended as a memory jogger as the
student
> will have already performed all the processes during the session. I have
> built up a bit of a resource of these now, using either short cut keys or
> mouse clicks depending on students preferences. I was wondering if any
other
> AT trainers did anything like this to aid recall for the students? Do you
> have any guides etc. you give students? I don't think recording sessions
> would be much benefit as most trainer input is usually referring to what
the
> student is doing on screen rather than verbalising the whole process.
>
> I would be happy to share some of the bits I have been working on (once
> refined) if any one else is willing to share theirs. I also assumed the
> forum would be more along the lines of solving technology issues rather
than
> assessment and funding issues.
>
> Regards
> Ursula Iliffe
> University College Northampton
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Levy [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 02 June 2004 15:26
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: to set the ball rolling - Long Post
>
>
> Hello
>
> I was very happy to discover this list a couple of weeks ago. (Not that it
> seems to have been used by anyone lately!) Naturally, given the name, I
> assumed it was aimed primarily at Assistive Technology Trainers.
>
> I would love to see it take off like DIS-FORUM because I can't be the only
> trainer who feels a little isolated sometimes in a huge sea of Assessors!
It
> would be great to have contact with other trainers in order to support one
> another and to share training strategies, ideas and documents.
>
> I have attended so many meeting where much of the content is directly
> related to the assessment process and has little to do with me. It would
be
> a shame if this list becomes bogged down in assessment issues instead of
> tackling training issues and giving/receiving support.
>
> Of course trainers need to keep abreast of certain issues especially when,
> like me, you may be responsible for meeting assessor's IT/AT training
needs
> as well as those of students. However, I feel that this list should be
kept
> for its specific purpose.
>
> At present, Trainers professional development needs have not been
addressed
> by QAG nor have the standards and quality of training we provide. Some may
> feel relieved not to be under scrutiny as assessors are but training is an
> absolutely vital part of the whole process and we are doing a disservice
to
> students by ignoring the training quality and standards. We are also in
> danger of being very poor stewards of public funds.
>
> If there are any other trainers out there subscribed to this list, please
> post so that we can identify one another!
>
> Best wishes
>
> Susan Levy
> IT Trainer & Resource Coordinator
> Sussex Regional ACCESS Centre
> University of Sussex