{"id":15983,"date":"2020-12-03T11:58:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T11:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/?p=15983"},"modified":"2020-12-03T11:58:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T11:58:32","slug":"remote-courses-tutor-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/remote-courses-tutor-info\/","title":{"rendered":"Amateur Radio Remote Courses (For Tutors)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This page is intended to provide some guidance for tutors on delivering amateur radio training remotely.<\/p>\n<h2>How do we deliver our training?<\/h2>\n<p>For Foundation, we run three-week courses for home learning &#8211; 3 modules a week, plus mocks.<\/p>\n<p>Students can take these modules at their own time, when it suits them &#8211; no need to attend at set times<\/p>\n<h2>How do we provide content?<\/h2>\n<p>We use a mix of different methods:<\/p>\n<p>1. A virtual classroom that delivers Foundation content in nine modules. We use the Schoology VLE (Virtual Learning Environment. Modules are broken down into specific topics, and there is a quiz at the end of each module to allow the student and tutor to check<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15904\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15904\" src=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/quiz1.png\" alt=\"Select the quiz\" width=\"575\" height=\"330\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of our classroom modules, highlighting the end-of-module quiz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>2. Fully-narrated videos for each module, forming a virtual lesson. Typical duration, 20 to 30 minutes per module<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15984\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15984\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15984\" src=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/trainingvideo.jpg\" alt=\"Ham Train Video Tutorial\" width=\"550\" height=\"407\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ham Train Video Tutorial (from Module 3)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>3. Slides: Primarily intended for tutors, but made available to students as they cover the bullet-points of the syllabus, and many find them useful<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/essexham_slidedeck-1-575x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/essexham_slidedeck-1-575x377.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/essexham_slidedeck-1-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/essexham_slidedeck-1-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/essexham_slidedeck-1.jpg 1038w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. Mock Tests: We have a quiz at the end of each module, and three mock tests. Tests are generated from a question pool of 250 sample questions<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15903\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15903\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15903\" src=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/quiz3.png\" alt=\"Check Answers\" width=\"575\" height=\"441\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Check Answers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>How do we support our students?<\/h2>\n<p>Several ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There is a group chat option in each classroom where students can ask questions to be answered by the tutor, or by other students<\/li>\n<li>There is an option to contact the tutor on every page of the classroom, using the classroom messaging system &#8211; pr they can use standard email<\/li>\n<li>We have Facebook, Groups.io and Discord chat areas, for group discussion<\/li>\n<li>We offer additional videos for more challenging topics<\/li>\n<li>We run regular live student webinars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15985\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15985\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/fo-support-videos.jpg\" alt=\"Foundation Online Support Videos\" width=\"575\" height=\"271\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foundation Online Support Videos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>And after the course?<\/h2>\n<p>Once students have passed, we don&#8217;t lose touch. We offer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ongoing support via the Facebook, Groups.io and Discord chat areas<\/li>\n<li>A series of &#8220;next step&#8221; videos<\/li>\n<li>A series of &#8220;Getting Started Guides&#8221; (one page PDFs and more detailed videos and articles<\/li>\n<li>Regular live webinars<\/li>\n<li>All former students are sent two surveys &#8211; one about the course, and one after they have been licenced for a few months &#8211; this helps shape future deliverables<\/li>\n<li>Free membership to Essex Ham (forums, bonus material, email updates, etc)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15986\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15986\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/fo-student-feedback.jpg\" alt=\"FO Student Survey Feedback\" width=\"575\" height=\"308\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Student Survey Feedback &#8211; Question 006 Mock Quality<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>About our Webinars<\/h2>\n<p>Due to the number of students enrolling on our courses, one-to-one or Zoom calls aren&#8217;t practical. Instead, we run online Webinars. Here&#8217;s how they&#8217;re run:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>These are run every 2 or 3 weeks, coinciding the start of one course and the end of the previous course, but are open to all students of the previous 5 courses, or on the list for a future course.<\/li>\n<li>These are set at 90 minutes, but always run over<\/li>\n<li>We use the Periscope platform &#8211; The tutor has a live mic and camera for the entire session, with questions being asked by students typing in a text box<\/li>\n<li>Questions are split into sections: &#8220;About our course&#8221;, &#8220;About the exam&#8221;, then the various syllabus subjects, then about amateur radio generally<\/li>\n<li>We have a &#8220;back end&#8221; assistant, called &#8220;The Genie&#8221; that manages the question flow and types in web links, whilst the lead tutor answers questions<\/li>\n<li>The session ends with live demos &#8211; normally a VHF Simplex QSO and a Repeater Demo (with a pre-arranged team member),\u00a0 a random HF contact, and either an SSTV or FT8 demo, or a logging demo &#8211; depending on audience request<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Typed student questions are preferable as they don&#8217;t require the student to use a mic or webcam, allow a certain amount of anonymity (for perceived &#8220;silly questions&#8221;), and allow students to be &#8216;passive&#8217;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15987\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15987\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/webinar-montage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15987\" src=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/webinar-montage-570x575.jpg\" alt=\"Ham Train Webinar\" width=\"570\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/webinar-montage-570x575.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/webinar-montage-1015x1024.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/webinar-montage-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/webinar-montage-768x775.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/webinar-montage-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/webinar-montage-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/webinar-montage.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ham Train Webinar Montage (click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Webinars seem very popular and the agenda is driven totally by the attendees. We typically get 300-400 people tuning in live, and another 200 watching the catch-up.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully that&#8217;s a help. If any tutor has any questions, please let us know in the comments below&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page is intended to provide some guidance for tutors on delivering amateur radio training remotely. How do we deliver our training? For Foundation, we run three-week courses for home learning &#8211; 3 modules a week, plus mocks. Students can take these modules at their own time, when it suits them &#8211; no need to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/remote-courses-tutor-info\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Amateur Radio Remote Courses (For Tutors)&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-course","category-tutor-information"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15988,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15983\/revisions\/15988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}