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The E Learning ACT Center site offers over 1500 courses that are
available in the following broad categories: Computer Skills, IT,
Industrial Tech/Safety Skills, Business/Management, ESL, WorkKeys,
Work Skills and Personal Development. These courses are open-ended
and extremely flexible.
e-Learning ACT Center FAQs
What is an ACT Center?
What services are offered by Valdosta Tech's ACT Center?
Is the ACT Center primarily for businesses or for individuals?
What types of training are available at the ACT Center?
What are the fees for training and assessment services offered at
the ACT Center?
How do I register and pay for courses?
How long do I have access to the courses?
Are courses self-study or instructor led?
Why is ACT developing the ACT Centers network at this time?
How can businesses benefit from having an
ACT Center in their community?
Will courses be available over the Internet?
How will training providers benefit from being involved in the ACT
Centers?
What are professional certification and licensure tests?
What is
an ACT Center?
An ACT Center is a facility that delivers online courses and testing
services to individuals, employers and professional organizations
using computer-based technologies and the internet. It is
a comprehensive and dynamic resource for life long learning and
development of a community’s workforce and economy.
What
services are offered by Valdosta Tech's ACT Center?
- Distance learning
- Skill-specific training
- Continuing education courses in a broad array of disciplines
- Workplace skills assessments
- Computer-delivered certification and licensure tests for trades
and professions
Is the ACT
Center primarily for businesses or for individuals?
Both. Businesses of all sizes may use the ACT Centers to:
- Access reasonably priced state-of-the-art technologies to facilitate
staff training and development;
- Assess employee job skills;
- Provide reliable training targeted to specific skills development;
- Provide distance learning for individuals in other locations
with the proper technology;
- Administer high-stakes tests in a secure environment.
Individuals may use the resources available in the ACT Center to:
- Explore personal interests
- Get training to improve job skills, qualify for promotions and
make career changes;
- Keep current in subjects that impact their jobs;
- Assess their job skills and compare them with their career goals;
- Document their skills for certification and licensure purposes.
What types of training are available at the ACT Center?
What
types of training are available at the ACT Center?
The ACT Center has access to a vast courseware repository with more
than 1,400 titles created by leading publishers. This courseware
library makes the possibility of just-in-time, on-demand training
a reality. Valdosta Tech's ACT Center can provide individualized
training—with flexible scheduling, convenient access, and
reasonable rates—to an individual or an entire company. The
courseware library focuses on seven popular categories with numerous
subcategories in each area:
- Adult Literacy/Employability Skills
- Computer Basics
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
- Industrial Technology, Occupational Training, and Safety Skills
- Information Technology
- Management and Leadership
- Personal and Professional Development
What are
the fees for training and assessment services offered at the ACT
Center?
The costs vary, however average course price is $80.
The ACT Center strives to make the education and training programs
affordable to everyone. Individual course prices are listed
with their descriptions on this web site. Please call 229-333-5356
for specific pricing information and available price structures.
How
do I register and pay for courses?
You may register and pay several ways:
- Register and pay by credit card online.
- Register in person at Valdosta Technical College and pay by
check or cash. Please call Missy Baggett at 333-5356 for more
information.
- Businesses may also register employees and pay by invoice. To
set up an account please call Missy Baggett at 333-5356.
How
long do I have access to a course?
Access to courses is for one year.
Are courses
self-study or instructor led?
Valdosta Technical College can supply an online instructor in certain
situations. One example for instance, XYZ Company wants to train
8 employees at the same time with an expert instructor. Valdosta
Technical College has the capability through the internet and the
ACT Center to combine these options. But in general, courses are
self-study.
Why
is ACT developing the ACT Centers network at this time?
The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that 60 percent of the jobs
in this country require skills that only 20 percent of current workers
possess. There is a big gap between the skills needed and the skills
workers have—and the ACT Centers hope to serve that training
market.
At the same time, the evolution of technology enables us to deliver
training and assessments in exciting new ways. We are no longer
tied to traditional classroom training or to paper-and-pencil testing.
The ACT Center offers a full range of self-paced, computerized training
options and will provide a variety of assessments to screen applicants
for employment, determine their training needs and measure skill
competencies. The ACT Center provides the flexibility to allow people
to schedule training and testing at convenient times and locations
and to get immediate test results.
How
can businesses benefit from having an ACT Center in their community?
The ACT Center will serve as the "corporate university"
for many small and medium-sized businesses that are interested in
keeping their workforce competitive, but lack the technology or
financial resources to develop and administer their own training
programs.
- Small Employers
The vast majority of people work in companies with 100 or fewer
employees, and many do not have easy and affordable access to
any type of training. The ACT Center can help small employers
by offering high-quality training programs using advanced technology,
on demand, for small or large groups of employees, at competitive
costs.
- Medium-Size Companies
Businesses that initiate their own training programs often find
they must buy or lease training packages in excess of their needs,
at greater expense, and with greater time commitments than they
anticipated. The ACT Center offers such employers the flexibility
to access just the training their employees need, when they need
it, and at a reasonable cost.
Will
courses be available over the Internet?
Yes, most courseware is web-based. A small number of courses are
server based. (All courses will be on the internet by the end of
2002.) Access to these courses is available in Room 105, Building
100 at Valdosta Technical College’s ACT Center.
Please contact Missy Baggett at 333-5356.
How
will training providers benefit from being involved in the ACT Centers?
Training providers become part of our extensive courseware
library and their courses are available to everyone who uses the
ACT Center , not just the Fortune 500 companies that typically use
their services. These providers will be able to expand their
markets to small and medium-size businesses that are interested
in the same workforce development issues as larger employers.
What
are professional certification and licensure tests?
Each year, ACT assist organizations - in health care, law,
actuarial sciences, engineering, automotive technology, social work
and other professional areas - to develop the licensing and certification
assessments aimed at ensuring that individuals bring the necessary
skills to their work.
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