Job opportunities exist even in economic downturns. The better you know yourself and the job you want, the better and more efficient your job hunt can be. A systematic methodology ensures you are well-prepared and confident to take on and complete the job-seeking journey.
Google, Yahoo!, MSN, Ask - which search engines to use? Getting too many irrelevant webpages? Taking too long to find what you want from the Internet? If your answer is yes to any one of these questions, you will find this course useful. Learn the 'art' of advanced Internet searching and reap the benefits of this lifelong skill forever. This course teaches you tips and short-cuts of how to search the Internet more effectively by zooming in on your search strategy and the right search techniques. So whether you are a student, homemaker, businessman or working adult, this course is suitable for you.
Any loving parent would want to equip his or her child with a basic life skill – reading. Starting the reading habit early helps a child have a more imaginative mind, better memory and greater confidence in society. This course will introduce you to the systematic reading process and storybook titles you need to help your child progress through the reading levels and stages. You will also get a set of tools and checklists that you can download and use. This course is designed to bring out the excellent reader in your child!
This course is about using storytelling techniques to better engage your child when it comes to introducing them to early literacy skills, stroking their imagination or just extending their learning. The course is filled with short videos on storytelling techniques and even shares a collection of 100 plus storybook titles, all categorised for easy selection. You will also get a set of tools and checklist that you can download and use. This course is designed to bring out the storyteller in you!
What is Information Literacy? How is it relevant for schools and educators? Find the answers to these questions in this course developed specially to help educators demystify Information Literacy and impart this essential skill to their students. Information Literacy enables the students to be savvy information seekers, critical thinkers, ethical users of information and independent learners. In this knowledge-based economy, these are important attributes we would like to see in our younger generation.
Web 2.0? 新媒体？社交网络工具？你听说过这些流行语吗？现今，互联网正日益成为出版部落格、播客、视频播客和维客的媒介。 通过学习本课程，学员将更为熟悉不同种类的新媒体工具及其特点。课程也涵盖了找寻新媒体资源的方法和评估它们的种方式。
Have you heard these buzzwords: Web 2.0? New Media? Social Networking Tools? Today, the Internet is increasingly being used as a publishing medium for blogs, podcasts, vodcasts, and wikis. In this course learners will familiarise themselves with the different forms of New Media tools and their characteristics. Finding New Media resources and the different approaches to evaulating them are also covered.
NLB Academy (NLBA) was set up as a learning academy in April 2005 to offer continuous learning and development of NLB staff and to develop independent and competent information-seeking skills for our clients. NLBA offers total training solutions for individuals as well as corporate clients to foster knowledge-creation for information seekers. A combination of classroom learning and e-learning approaches can be adopted to meet your training requirement.