Ada banyak hal yang harus pelajar ataupun mahasiswa ketahui dan peduli akan hal bagaimana menghadapi dunia dimana mereka nantinya akan lewati setelah lulus sekolah ataupun kuliah. Saya sendiri sudah menyadari bahwa, ilmu yang didapat pada pendidikan formal saya sangatlah kurang cukup untuk membekali saya dalam dunia pekerjaan. Mengambil dari banyak pengalaman banyak orang ada baiknya kalian tahu dan sadar sebelum masuk dalam dunia kerja. Mulailah peduli akan lingkungan anda, belajar banyak hal dan temukan mana yang bisa kamu fokuskan, kenali karakter diri anda, dalami skill yang kamu punya, mulailah berbagi apapun yang kalian punya kepada orang yang membutuhkan. Kenapa berbagi saya sebutkan sebagai salah satu langkahnya, karna dengan berbagi kita akan mendapatkan 2kali lipat yang hal yang kita punya. Contohnya, saya punya skill dibidang event planner, saya sering membantu banyak orang untuk sekedar sharing pengalaman yang saya miliki. Dimana sisi keuntungannya? Banyak! dengan berbagi ilmu yang saya miliki itu saya tidak mudah lupa, bahkan saya bisa introfeksi pekerjaan saya sebelumnya dan memberikan dampak positif bagi orang yang saya bagi pengalamannya.
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General Assembly's Tips For Social Innovators Who Are Ready To Level-Up
One
of the most critical skills of the 21st century is the ability to
understand and manipulate technology and design to deliver superior
products and services. But while the for-profit sector spends billions
of dollars on skilling-up their talent pipelines, social sector
organizations are still struggling to capture and retain people with
these high-demand skillsets.
What if you were to grow these skills in-house, instead of waiting
for the engineer who’s willing to take a pay cut or the designer whose
personal passion is social change? There are now a range of affordable
online programs that can help give you the tools to build on your
passion for innovation.
In my time at
General Assembly
I’ve seen lower levels of participation in our tech and business
programs from those working in nonprofits or government when compared
with the private sector. While affordability may have once been a
barrier for many changemakers, online education is making it possible
for everyone to benefit from this movement.
There are many kinds of educational institutions that can help you
learn the skills you want. For the sake of this article, I’ve focused on
online education bootcamps, which offer a shorter, faster-paced
learning experience, delivered online. Ready to get educated? Here’s a
quick guide on how to choose the right online education program for you.
When it comes to your online educational program here are five factors to consider:
Know your goal
Whether trying to solve a particular work challenge or get a new job
in design or development, knowing what you want to get out of your
educational experience is critical. Many programs cater to specific
career goals (such as getting a job) or a particular outcome (learning
to build a website). Either way, by knowing your goal upfront, you can
select the program that gets you there.
CourseReport.com
is a great resource as you’re trying to select the right bootcamp;
offering a directory of schools, course schedules, and interviews with
teachers, founders, students, and alumni.
General Assembly's Tips For Social Innovators Who Are Ready To Level-Up
Some
students prefer to work independently, while others crave a classroom
and lots of group activity. Many of us are auditory learners and do well
with watching videos or following lectures. Others need hands-on
elements, such as code challenges or labs, where they are able to better
grasp concepts once they’ve actually practiced doing them. Most
students are some combination of all of the above. Once you have a sense
of where you lie on that spectrum, figure out which program caters to
your learning style. For example, not all students are made for the
fast-paced, intensive learning that bootcamps offer, so know what you’re
signing up for before you make the commitment!
Level of support
Similar to learning style, we’ve seen a huge variety in the level of
support and guidance that students need when learning a new skill. So
many students whom we’ve worked with at GA come to us after several
failed attempts at learning on their own, only realizing later that they
didn’t set themselves up in the environment that would make them
successful. On the flip side, we’ve seen more than 200,000 students take
advantage of
Dash, our
free, self-paced online learning tool to code basic HTML, CSS and
JavaScript. Moreover, we’ve also seen that students who are learning a
complimentary skillset, i.e. one they have had some kind of exposure to,
are able to grasp the new skills much more quickly. For example,
architects have a leg up when learning user experience design, and
management consultants are able to make a smoother transition to product
management.
Commitment
As the saying goes, you get from it what you put into it, and
education is no different. The number-one predictor of your success is
you and the level of commitment you make to your educational experience.
Whether we like it or not, life gets in the way and we’ve seen time and
again that those students who establish a commitment upfront are the
ones who make it through. At GA, we call it grit and it’s something we
discuss with all our students before they sign up. Whatever education
solution you pick, make sure you are clear about the level of time and
effort it will require, and don’t give up!
Cost
Pricing for bootcamp education is incredibly varied, with everything
from free self-paced learning platforms (CodeAcademy, Dash), to
pay-as-you-go models (Coursera, Udemy, FrontRow), to predefined
experiences that optimize for a specific outcome (
GA’s Web Design Circuit).
I recommend finalizing your budget once you know where you stand on the
four criteria outlined above. Even if you don’t have a lot to spend,
many bootcamps are improving affordability of education by offering
payment plans, financing and/or scholarships. At GA, we launched the
Opportunity Fund, allowing underrepresented individuals to access our educational opportunities.
Aditi is the General Manager of Online Courses at General Assembly. She is passionate about the international talent deficit and how online education, such as the Web Design Circuit, can help address that by driving accessibility and affordability to underrepresented populations.
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