Setting up personal folders
Getting it right for the learner can be about using a relevant method for facilitating learning as well as about relevant content and level of challenge.
If you are teaching an IT course that leads learners to a qualification, this resource will help you:
- deal with file structure and folder creation in a different, accessible way for Adult Learners; and
- give you and learners ideas about how folder and file structure can meet learners' individual needs in a relevant way.
The resource includes guidance for the tutor and material for learners.
Non-ICT tutors can see how methods relevant to learners are used and how relevant content can be shaped.
In this activity and others, tutors should be sensitive to the possible literacy, language and numeracy (LLN) needs of their learners, and keep in mind the ICT Skills for Life standards at
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For further guidance go to the Skills for Life link.
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If you are new to Skills for Life, this site is a useful general starting point which you can explore as required. The section on teaching and learning gives a good overview of the Skills for Life agenda. If you are already involved in Skills for Life, you may find it useful to receive the regular updates from the site.