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KESP - An honest assessment... By Roy o' Leary aka {The Hoff }.
After the initial "Christ, what have i gotten myself into" feeling, we settled down as we realised that we were all in the same boat really & that this was new to us all. In fairness, our tutor Peter made us all feel at ease by declaring that nobody was going to make a fool of themselves more than him & that he was quite prepared to do so as it wouldn't be his first time !! {we're still waiting on that one Peter !!}.
Course Content:
I have to admit, i personally found 95% of the actual course content very interesting {what an anorak!} the stock exchange section being the only bit i found tedious & boring as i have no interest whatsoever in this subject. Most of the content applies to our everyday lives eg.. internet, technology, business, banking etc.. It would have been great to have had the time to "drill down" deeper into the endless links to very relevant material,as it really is a bottomless pit of information at your fingertips, but alas, we were time poor & had to be very disciplined & not allow yourself to stray too far from the coursework for fear of never returning from cyberspace !!!
Negatives:
As we were the guinea pigs {oops, sorry} as this was the "pilot" run of this course, there were inevitable teething problems & glitches in the software, which i hope will be ironed out in time for the next batch of victims {oops again..bloody keyboard! } batch of eager students, as these can be quite frustrating & it's fairly tough as it is without them !! Also, i think the course should be run over a period of at least 6 months to avoid the feeling i had of being "up against it" all the time to get the modules & projects done within the designated timeframe.This pressure takes from the enjoyment of the course which is a pity. My final negative note,{i'll get off my soapbox then} is that our access to the course material & associated links will be denied as our logins & passwords will expire when we finish the course, which is something that i hope the NCI will reconsider, as i personally, would love to revisit the coursework & links on a regular basis in the future.
Well, thats it, just want to say a final thank you to our tutor Peter McGlinn, who was excellent, very easy going {unless you keep him waiting when he has a plumbing problem, which makes him turn a funny shade of green & his clothes start to rip & shred on his body !! }
{ha! ha!}
Lastly, i want to thank everyone in our class for making it seem easier than it was by staying positive & humourous throughout !!! Thanks to my teammates "The Kespians", we defo had the best team !!! & thanks to Dukie for coming along & doing the course just so that we could all take the mickey out of him while he stuffed scone after scone after scone down his throat !!! :-).
Best of luck to the new kesp Recruits !!
Regards,
Roy.
Course Content:
I have to admit, i personally found 95% of the actual course content very interesting {what an anorak!} the stock exchange section being the only bit i found tedious & boring as i have no interest whatsoever in this subject. Most of the content applies to our everyday lives eg.. internet, technology, business, banking etc.. It would have been great to have had the time to "drill down" deeper into the endless links to very relevant material,as it really is a bottomless pit of information at your fingertips, but alas, we were time poor & had to be very disciplined & not allow yourself to stray too far from the coursework for fear of never returning from cyberspace !!!
Negatives:
As we were the guinea pigs {oops, sorry} as this was the "pilot" run of this course, there were inevitable teething problems & glitches in the software, which i hope will be ironed out in time for the next batch of victims {oops again..bloody keyboard! } batch of eager students, as these can be quite frustrating & it's fairly tough as it is without them !! Also, i think the course should be run over a period of at least 6 months to avoid the feeling i had of being "up against it" all the time to get the modules & projects done within the designated timeframe.This pressure takes from the enjoyment of the course which is a pity. My final negative note,{i'll get off my soapbox then} is that our access to the course material & associated links will be denied as our logins & passwords will expire when we finish the course, which is something that i hope the NCI will reconsider, as i personally, would love to revisit the coursework & links on a regular basis in the future.
Well, thats it, just want to say a final thank you to our tutor Peter McGlinn, who was excellent, very easy going {unless you keep him waiting when he has a plumbing problem, which makes him turn a funny shade of green & his clothes start to rip & shred on his body !! }
{ha! ha!}Lastly, i want to thank everyone in our class for making it seem easier than it was by staying positive & humourous throughout !!! Thanks to my teammates "The Kespians", we defo had the best team !!! & thanks to Dukie for coming along & doing the course just so that we could all take the mickey out of him while he stuffed scone after scone after scone down his throat !!! :-).
Best of luck to the new kesp Recruits !!
Regards,
Roy.
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