Here are some points I picked out:
- Bottom of Pg. 1 – “. . . in time, all of our training courses will have an online component”.
- Bottom of Pg. 3 – wrt the question about “some older students might not have computers”.
o NRA suggests that students use public library computers! <LOL> That will go over real big in these parts!! Also my library limits you to 1 hour sessions so that people can’t park there for 8 hours.
o NRA also suggests that perhaps we could provide computers, tablets, smartphones, etc. for students to use!
o Somewhere (can’t find what page) they mention that Instructors could outfit classrooms with computers and monitor classes. Great!! Just what we need, additional expenses for which there really is no way to get paid to cover those expenses. [If anyone is seriously considering doing this, please talk with me! I have a number of older computers and LCD monitors that could save you considerable money.]
o What NRA fails to realize is that some “older students” are not computer savvy and are intimidated by computers. They are not likely to do well with being forced to learn this way.
- Page 4
o NRA plans to roll out BIT to Instructors via eLearning.
o To the question of “my state doesn’t recognize online classes” NRA is in a state of denial, stating that it isn’t online training but it is a “blended learning course”.
o The list of Instructor manuals with revision dates is interesting. They otherwise never notify us that there have been updates, or provide replacement pages. Do they expect us to regularly purchase new Instructor manuals?