My thoughts & feedback on KESP 2007.

Firstly i would like to say that over all KESP 2007 was a very positive & enlightening experience for me personally. It contained a lot of general information about companies & corperations which i found particulary interesting,( NOKIA ) being the obvious one. I think as a group we communicted well together,shared our ideas, thoughts & opinions in the classroom & communictated via email. we meet each other in small teams outside of the classroom dates & later in the course contributed to our own web page.I think it just goes to show you how resourceful a group of people can be in achieveing a common goal.

What have i gained from KESP 2007.

Several things, i am now much more confident of how to conduct a search for items or topics of interest on the internet & how to find what i am looking for much faster than before.A much wider understanding of blogs, wikis,threads & forums as a means of interacting with people.I now have a better insight into how companies run their operations & the different organisations that help & support them. The mental disapline required to work through the modules & complete the assesments at the end of each section.Also a much greater awareness that this country is advanceing at a rapid rate & we must constantly educate & update our own skills & qualifications just to keep up with what is happening on a global scale.

Is it what i thought it would be ?

To be perfectly honest i really did'nt know what to expect initally from KESP.I am glad i had the opportunity to discover it for myself. It covers a very wide spectrum of subjects & topics .


How can others learn from us in MSVC

As we were the KESP pioneers ,the first thing anyone interested in taking the course should do i think is to speak to the people that completed it . The website that was set up & is still growing is a wealth of information about what was achieved by the KESP 2007 class.It is a must visit for any one contemplating taking the course next year, or simply wanting to know what was involved.

Some teething issues with the KESP course.

The first thing to remember about KESP 2007 is that it was a pilot programme & it was inivitable there would be problems with it.Have always tried to avoid being negative in my personal life ,but some things about the course did frustrate me.Firstly it had to be the software i spent probably too much time repeating sections on different modules,due to the fact they were constantly being erased.the pictures frooze a lot particulary in the middle of presentations,& when downloading a sumary of the session.The only password that did work was the one to enter the modules for KESP.No access to the NCI libary was dissapointing.lastly the fact that our access will be denied when the course finishes ,which to me is a shame as there is great reading material in the modules.I am sure a lot of these issues will be dealt with in time,as it will make it a great experience for the KESP class of 2008.