Ready to Learn

PURPOSE
This badge demonstrates that the earner has developed the skills and habits that lead to successful learning not only in future training endeavors, but also for the workplace and continued professional learning tasks. Earners are able to apply various strategies for effective learning, apply critical thinking and problem-solving strategies and skills to learning tasks, and deploy self-assessment, and self-correcting strategies for workplace learning, and ongoing professional development.

AUDIENCE
This badge is appropriate for any entry-level professional preparing for online educational work and/or preparing for successful training and ongoing professional development in a new job. 

JOB/CAREER REQUIREMENTS
You can use these strategies in any educational experience or apply them to the workplace. When on the job, you should always be learning new things in order to develop professionally, advance to new positions, or just find success in your every day tasks. Additionally, strategies for effective learning in online training environments are also presented.

LEARNER SUCCESS TASKS:

• Apply strategies and skills for learning, self-assessment, and self-correcting to training, workplace learning, and ongoing professional development.
• Apply strategies and skills for online learning to training, workplace learning, and ongoing professional development.
• Apply critical thinking and problem-solving strategies and skills to learning tasks and workplace problems.
• Perform a self-assessment on learning skills and create an action plan for improvement.