{"id":29330,"date":"2016-08-30T07:33:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T06:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.power2improve.com\/en\/?p=29330"},"modified":"2016-11-01T11:33:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T09:33:51","slug":"tension-and-excitement-skills-program-starts-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.power2improve.com\/en\/blog\/2016\/08\/30\/tension-and-excitement-skills-program-starts-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Tension and excitement: Skills Program starts today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today it is going to happen. After nine months\u00a0of preparation the innovative, bilingual Academic Skills program\u00a0that we designed and developed for the 1,000 new freshmen at Tilburg University will start! Wondering how the program came about and who and what was involved to create it?\u00a0Read it in this blog post.<\/h3>\n

Here they are! The Assistant Trainers who will assist and\u00a0support\u00a0the\u00a0latest batch of students at Tilburg School of Economics and Management<\/a> (TiSEM) for\u00a0the next six months.\u00a0Together with a number of Expert Trainers they will help both the newly students of the English and those of the Dutch-taught Bachelor Programs to improve their information, writing and presentation skills, in order\u00a0to meet the TiSEM Quality Standard.\u00a0This scale\u00a0is the criterion for everything that\u00a0students write and present throughout their complete\u00a0Tilburg Bachelor (and Master) education.\u00a0The Assistant Trainers facilitate the students’ learning processes.\u00a0They do this by using Studentimized Blended Learning<\/a> and Triple A+ Training, Teaching and Coaching<\/a>, to make sure that\u00a0the individual student learns easiest, and best. During online modules, students gain insights of\u00a0what they need to further improve to meet the Quality Standard, at their own pace\u00a0and in their own learning style.<\/p>\n

\"Trainers\"

F.l.t.r., f.t.t.d.: Elke van Hal, Kelly Mestrom, Ilona Deijkers, Mechteld Keller, Freek B\u00f6hm, Anoek van Vugt, Maartje Kamps, David Witte, Cheron Huskens and Hester de Vries.<\/p><\/div>\n

Based on their academic performance during the online modules, students receive an invitation for a customized workshop. Under the guidance of an Expert Trainer\u00a0they can perfect their application skills there.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Tested by students\u00a0everywhere, using any device<\/h2>\n

In recent months, several students tested the\u00a0online modules. Through all possible devices with an Internet connection,\u00a0from\u00a0all imaginable locations. Because of this\u00a0we are sure that the students who start the program today will be able to study\u00a0anywhere, any time, from any device.\u00a0

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We co-created\u00a0the optimal Student Support Service<\/h2>\n

During testing and co-creation sessions\u00a0TiSEM students, high school final\u00a0exam candidates, and their tutors, helped us\u00a0to develop the optimal Student Support Service:<\/p>\n

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  1. an efficient, online knowledge base (FAQ)<\/li>\n
  2. moderated Facebook groups where participants can ask fellow students for help and<\/li>\n
  3. office hours<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>

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    Texts, presentations and video production<\/h2>\n

    By far the most work of course was in conceiving and creating the online modules and all other course materials. Thankfully, we had excellent help in many different projects.<\/p>\n