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larger care home groups will invest in a learning management Q: What will I system (LMS), to manage learn from this online courses. feature? Using the cloud is growing in popularity because it A: How to get adds a level of flexibility the most from when training people who the learning work unusual hours and at ‘cloud’ various locations. ELearning also provides immediate results in The cloud has changed the way we live and work, yet its terms of marks and feedback: it application in the care sector has been relatively limited – enables managers to analyse data despite its obvious potential in training. By CHM publishing from previous training sessions and modules so they can assess their editor Steve Hemsley team’s strengths and weaknesses. Most of us will use ‘the cloud’ at some computer. Think Google Drive, Apple Among the popular courses point today, even if we are not 100 iCloud and even Netflix. are: dementia awareness, lone per cent sure what it is. The cloud has changed the way we working, person-centred care, autism We already use it for banking, to live and work, yet its application in the awareness and message friends or to store photos, care sector has been relatively limited, training related to and care homes are now increasingly which is surprising given the potential the Care Certificate. utilising the cloud for training and when it comes to training. Steven Embleton learning. Cloud-based learning means using [left] at leading For the record, ‘the cloud’ refers resources that are stored in a virtual provider My Learning to software and services that run on environment and accessed from Cloud is chief cloud. Chief cloud Steve Embleton He says cloud the internet rather than on your own different web-enabled devices. Many
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