The eKitchen at Lewisham College
It's hard to think of a more productive use of electronic technology in training than a set-up that spares students from having to huddle around their teacher and crane to see what the teacher is demonstrating.
At Lewisham College in London, as reported at silicon.com, culinary students are benefiting from technology that makes following the steps in preparing a dish much easier than in a traditional training kitchen:
Remote control cameras, flat screen monitors and videoconferencing — not what you'd expect to find in a teaching kitchen. But in Lewisham College's interactive kitchen theatre — dubbed the 'eKitchen' — classes are filmed on motorised cameras which are controlled by students.The impact on retention and successful completion of the culinary training is evident in the increased numbers of students passing what in England is called the National Vocational Qualification (NVQ), and doing so at all five levels of assessment.
As the lesson unfolds they can zoom in on particular parts of the dish being prepared by the teacher, with the images displayed on flat-screen monitors on each student's desk.
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The video is also recorded so it can be distributed as a DVD to students or broadcast over the web. The content can also be loaded into the college's virtual learning environment so students can access the material from home or the learning centres.
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... a similar set up is offered for beauty and construction students.
Labels: Competencies, Cooking and food, Employee performance management, Hiring and getting hired, Productivity, Risk management
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