Some positive news today! I’m happy to report that www.ecollege.ie courses are opening up temporarily to help during Covid-19 measures. The courses are fully online, tutor supported, and lead to industry recognised qualifications. The only entry criteria is that you must be over 16. Courses are funded by SOLAS and offer courses in digital/ICT and some business skills. If you are interested all the information is at www.ecollege.ie, applications are through www.fetchcourses.ie
Further details…
Eligibility:
eCollege courses are temporarily being made available free of charge as an additional support to those impacted by Covid-19 containment measures. Our courses may benefit those already doing a FET course who would like to augment their learning, those who have recently become unemployed or had their hours reduced, and those wishing to upskill and reskill in digital, ICT and business skills related areas.
Pick a course:
Choose a course from the course catalogue and take a note of the course name.
Sign up:
Please go to fetchcourses.ie to apply. You will find all of our courses listed under the provider eCollege (FET). If you have used fetchcourses.ie before you can use your existing profile, if you are new to the site, you can set up a new profile in minutes. You will receive a username and password to your email address within two working days of signing up. If you have not received your details please contact ecollegeinfo@solas.ie
The Moodle and/or ICDL courses would be a good place to start.
Moodle Course for Teachers
International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL)
Any questions, please get in touch.
Kind Regards,
Wendy O’Sullivan
ICT Development, Project Support & Trainer
Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board
0860492976