Targets for this month (November 2008)
- Get at least one e-learning package completed
- Get familiar with the e-learning package Lectora and Serco
- Be up-to-date in all the mandatory courses
(03/11/08)
Had a meeting with the following departments:
- Risk Manager
- Learning and Development
To discuss the issues with a website called Prism. This is a virtual, interactive site where patients/staff can log in and report incidents, accidents things have happened to them or they have seen. It’s very easy to navigate sleek and is only available within the PCT intranet.
However, the key issues that were discussed were using Adobe Captivate to capture videos that would offer training to other people. Other things that need to be embedded are maybe sound and a voice over.
Within the meeting I showed the webcast for the Learning Centre on the DVD that I and the University of Bradford produced together. The team present was very impressed I also gave a viewing to other staff that has been inpatient since the launch.
(04/11/08)
Learning and Development Team Unit Meeting (9.30am – 10.30am) Things that we discussed were; the new library, connections week, round the room updates (what each individual has been involved in) Added new dates to the training courses on the Learning and Development pages.
(5/11/08)
Structured the day on creating advanced e-forms for the Learning and Development department, this was for the spreadsheet that was set by Abrar who is the co-ordinator. Had few difficulties implementing the e-forms and obtained help from another colleague, but my system was slow and my laptop couldn’t access the content management system.
(6/11/08 – 7/11/08)
Serco – e-learning package training – discussed the package and uploading information. At the Dewsbury Health Centre.
(10/11/08)
I updated the webpage’s with new dates for the mandatory courses on the learning and development.
(11/11/08)
I again updated the webpage’s with the dates for mandatory courses, managed to create a new e-form for ‘Manual Handling course’. Stayed an hour and half extra to make up time (due to an appointment eye screening and visit to the bank).
(12/11/08)
From Wednesdays to Fridays I spend the usual days with the communication team, here I just keep occupied with the work either from the Learning and Development centre or from the comms team themselves. However, wednesday I carried on updating webpages and creating new ‘e-forms’ which are an advance form of, forms that can be filled out with details regarding appointments and sent directly via email. I also was involved in a live demo for the Lectora e-learning package. Seated at a PC and watching a live demo from the USA where the host was creating a demo on Laboratory safety training. This was very useful in the context that it give an insight of how to use the software that my other team (e-learning) will receive it and we will build e-learning packages from scratch too. There was no sound due to calling a number which was not stated on the email, but I got the drift in what was going on.
(13/11/08)
Meeting with Rachel Rutherford (manager /communication team) to discuss what I have done so far and how things are progressing.
Discussed webcasts – learning centre
How to set up a sharepoint site via CMS in order to run the webcast for the Learning Centre.
Chased up what things I have been involved in while I have been working elsewhere: updating and adding new e-forms for Learning and Development team.
(14/11/08)
Made changes to the dates for the Learning and Development courses, again created and edited the e-forms that I constructed from scratch. I found that creating the forms was not a problem but actually accessing the system was very slow.
(17/11/08)
The duties for Monday were to carry on with the manipulation of the web pages and make changes to the existing dates. At 11am till 12pm I had a meeting with other team members regarding the Learn Online website (all the learn online courses Fire safety, Risk Assessment etc). The interface from what it is now to what it could look like, the wording and what should and shouldn’t be there.
(18/11/08)
Same duties applied editing the webpage’s for the learning and development team. I also sat down with my other line manager Pear Jolly who is head of the e-Learning department, discussed the Prism website and been using Lectora Publishing Software to look at what kind of work can be done to create professional as well as efficient e-learning tools. Had a meeting with the Education and Programmes team to discuss their websites, they wanted a website that would be done externally and had in mind of domain names that would be recognised by people around the globe as their work is more related to people around different areas within the UK and else where. Also some use of Flash within the CMS.
(19/11/08)
Implemented the Learning Centre website, input a logo, and added a marquee. This was done via the CMS software that is used via all the NHS websites internally and externally.
(20/11/08)
Had a one to one meeting with my manager to discuss what I have been doing also I have been involved with the Learning Development team where I have been updating, editing, adding and new webpages and e-forms.
(24/11/08)
Sat with one of my supervisors to discuss the e-learning packages for the Prism site and another project in hand, the key issue surrounded how to get the structure going, how it works out and what benefits would it bring to us as an organisation and other organisations too. Other things discussed were regarding the webcast for the learning and development website, this consisted of converting the webcast into a WMA file that can be viewed in windows media player that would become a default file so that anyone externally or internally would be able to view it.
(25/11/08)
Meeting with the Head of Improving the Patient Experience Strategy manager who discussed that he wanted a power point presentation that would have 10-15 images on that would be projected on to a screen and have maybe 10 testimonials that would fade into the images. This was an informal meeting discussed over a coffee, simple and straight to the point, also there would be a slogan such as “power to the people” to deliver the message efficiently.
(26/11/08)
Went to Sheffield to meet the staff at the Sheffield tPCT (Pegasus House Training Centre) to see how they get on with Lectora Publishing Software (an e-learning package used for learning for staff and nurses/patients etc) My supervisor had questions regarding the issues with the package such things as:
- How Lectora fits into Serco (another e-learning infrastructure that allows Lectora to sit within)
- Difficulties they face; adding learning packages to the Repository, adding users, course management etc
- How they cope with the handling of the system and what is run with it to maintain such as servers, PC’s, people and constantly updating the system.
(27/11/08)
Thursday I got my new desk and PC, but in order to log in I had to obtain a telephone in order to log in but this was delayed throughout the day which was a shame. I am always prepared and ambitious to do some work, but within the NHS I have found things get delayed and interruptions apply. However, I managed to just about implement a webpage for the stake holding engagement team. They wanted a webpage that would display the necessary information with pdf files too. Later in the afternoon at 2pm, I had a meeting with the Implementation team who are directing the E-learning club that looks at e-learning packages such as Lectora and Serco so fourth. This was quite interesting to attend as I got a more depth of other companies that produce e-learning packages and how I probably could develop my career further maybe in a few years time.
(28/11/08)
The webcasting equipment arrived which was a good sign; I started to implement further the Stakeholder Engagement teams webpages that needed more information as well as further development with links etc. Also the Learning and Development department asked me to implement a few webpages such as the Manual Handling People and Objects.
Achievements this month (November 2008)
No achievements as of yet, due to the webcasting equipment not arriving, but eventually did.
Achievements -v- Targets for this month (November 2008)
Get all goals achieved set by managers, supervisors etc
Targets for next month (November 2008)
Keep on top of everything as all work is piling in
Additions to your knowledge this month, standards achieved and the evidence
Learned how to use Serco and Lectora Publishing Software for implementing e-learning packages.
