Continuing Professional Development via the web
Using modern publishing technologies to advance professional standards
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Business Challenge
The planning profession is faced with a range of challenges to keep pace with changing regulations and the demand for continuously improving levels of service. The main method for planners to keep up-to-date and to satisfy their CPD requirements was attendance at workshop events. Time and budget issues made this difficult.
In 2003 an Institute determined to offer its members a web-based opportunity to advance their professional development.
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Echelon’s Solution
Echelon was commissioned to develop an on-line resource to host specialist planning learning materials and performance support tools. We developed some 250 technical planning modules from scratch, establishing PlanningMatters, the Institute’s on-line CPD library. A similar library of business, management and personal development titles, derived from Echelon’s www.learningmatters.com resource, was included to meet the general development needs of planners.
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Key Benefits
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access to personal and professional development in a modular, time-efficient and cost-effective way around the demands of work schedules
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24/7 global access to over 500 modules of approved bite-sized learning and performance support content
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the planning modules contained self-assessment questions to reinforce key points and provide evidence of learning, they also included comprehensive links to additional on-line information
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electronic tracking enabled members to create a personal CPD log to record their learning
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