What's Your Thoughts on On-Line/E-Learning?

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Permalink Reply by Tony P on January 22, 2009 at 3:38am

I did one subject online with Swinbourne, for my Cert II. One of the little 'Noddy' subjects that you know exist in that course. It was an 'OK' effort at putting a subject togehter, but without having done the actual manual side of it, a person would not have really known what was what. As you've said in this thread, the subjects would have to be carefully chosen.

The loss of interaction with an instructor is not something that impresses me . That interaction, with the peronalising of the presentation, the 'war stories' to emphasise points is what can make a course. However, this is always assuming that the instructor is a good one! Something else that isn't always the case...

I suppose I'm a bit ambivalent about the concept. I've done the recent one in the FF field, I've done them in the past in the computing field. If the person doing the course wants to learn, then they can be good. If the person doing the course is just after the 'bit of paper', then that is bad, fudging is easier..

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Permalink Reply by Captain Frazier on January 22, 2009 at 3:31pm

I think its a beneficial tool.

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Permalink Reply by Josh on January 30, 2009 at 5:59pm

As many of you have stated. It all depends on what e-learning you are engaging in. I personally like videos. For example, Last week at our weekly meeting we talked about buckling up. As we all no, it is a a rule in many of out depts. But why are ppl still not buckling up. One guy from our dept. said, " it is hard to put an scba on while buckled up on you response to the call, and many agreed that it is. So I was surfing the web one day and found a good video on www.firevideos.net on procedures to buckling up and mounting your scba on the move. So next meeting we will show this video and then go out to the rigs and practice. First we will work on technique without your bunker gear on. Just so some people get the hang of it, and then suit up and practice with full ppe. Stay safe everybody and keep on training. In this line off work you never have learned or practiced enough.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Christen on February 5, 2009 at 10:15pm

Some skills can be taught. Even some that seem to be hands on. I operate a training webstie, FullyInvolvedFire dot com (sorry have to spell the dot com in case the forums block links). Anyway, on my site I have developed Incident Command Simulators to help teach command and control skills. In addition I have a complete working virtual pump panel to teach apparatus operator. To generate interest it has to be useful, you have to offer documentation of completion, and it has to be universal. Feel free to email me with any questions or comments. Be sure however, that before you launch your site it is fully tested, there is tons of content and you have a marketing plan. It all sounds kind of simple, but it is lots and lots and lots of work. Done right, its great! Good luck and let me know if I can help!

Capt. Ryan Christen
www.FullyInvolvedFire.com

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