My Experience Completing Online Courses

Written by Annie

During my academic studies I have utilised the resources of online courses from various website resources to greater my understanding and expertise of certain topics. The reason in which I use online courses is that they can give me a more in-depth analysis, real life case studies and test me on what I have learnt and the progress I have made.

I find online courses so useful as it enables me to work at my own pace, having no assignment to prove I understand the course and being able to use the online discussion facility to look at different perspectives to the course content from all over the world.

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Key Areas:

Increasing your employability

There will be certain job specifications and applications that ask for the basic understanding of certain areas. This may be because they have run business projects, campaigns, adhere to a governing bodies/legislation, use certain software tools and data base systems. Online courses have introductions to all these areas and really begin by giving you the basics. This can help in all stages of the application processes as you can give examples of the courses undertaken, what you have learnt and explain how this could facilitate you being the perfect candidate for the job role you’re applying for.

Research, using your Initiative, increasing self-motivation

There are core transferable skillsets that can and will assist you in departments of any job role. Research skills demonstrate that you can collect, gather and prioritise information and can deliver this to your target audience concisely and professionally. Using your initiative shows your ability to work independently and that you can make solid decisions on your own accord with minimal guidance. Self-motivation is the ability to complete tasks in a timely manner and ensure your working to be the best you can be at any given time. These are all core skills that can be evidenced and are demonstrated by undertaking online courses. As you will be self-motivating yourself to research into topics and certain courses to enhance your skillset and this is solely completed from your own initiative and research to increase your employability and demonstrates commitment and dedication to improving your knowledge.

For Fun!

Undertaking online courses doesn’t have to consist of all academic topics. There are a multitude of skills you can learn, topics you want to know more about or simply because you have never had the time to learn how to; learn a language, study the innovation of fashion, use photoshop, draw/paint, interior design, art of social media. There are many different topics covering how to become an Air bnb host to mastering Feng Shui of household improvements.

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