What has now become the annual trek to Edinburgh, Scotland to attend the
Leadership Innovation Technology Evolution (LITE) conference was on September 20 and 21, 2018. Just like the previous conferences, we came away from this conference inspired to continue to improve on our course offerings and increase the information we provide you. We will continue to transition to online course evaluations, by using Surfaces connected to the course evaluation system we will go electronic for course evaluations. We are also in the process of converting the asbestos refresher exams to be online. That will probably take a while to accomplish, hoping to complete it within the next year.
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| Vicky Kavanagh of Administrate Discussing the Advantages of Blended Learning |
Presentations by Vicky Kavanagh of Administrate, Sandy Rushton of
Bright Carbon, and Graham David of
Blue Bettle Productions taught us how to improve our presentations and make them more informative and entertaining. Vicky Kavanagh's presentation helped us to determine what else we can we do with the blended learning environment we created. Sandy Rushton's presentation taught us how animations in powerpoint presentations can help keep learners focused on the message. Graham David's presentation encouraged us to ask more questions in our presentations to make it more interactive. These improvements you will see in the next courses and over the next year.
We will be expanding our token program for providing access to additional online training courses, and increasing the topics we cover on these programs. Starting January 2019, to add value to our training courses every registration will include a Silver Token that will be good for taking one online course and will be good for a year. Our current online courses include courses on respirators, crystalline silica, asbestos awareness, and New York City asbestos handler/supervisor exam review course. The next courses we are working on is a New York City asbestos investigator exam review course and a Hazard Communication/Right-to-Know Course. We hope to have these courses available before the New Year.
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| #LITE2018 was Inspiring and Informative as Previous LITEs |
The #LITE2018 conference helped us learn more about the Administrate program and a new feature coming out down road called Learning Paths may help us develop even more courses. The end of the first day was the annual Historic Pub Crawl which we enjoyed and included visiting three pubs
the BeeHive Inn,
Biddy Mulligans, and
the Jolly Judge. All three had old wooden bars that were quite impressive. More interesting was the ability to drink outside the pubs in the UK, not just in a patio or a beer garden. The Jolly Judge was in a courtyard where you were allowed to stand outside with your drink and while discussing the day's events. LITE 2018 was another successful conference and we will be able to continue to expand our offerings because of the
Administrate product.
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| Pub Crawl was Fun & Good for Networking |
