Christine Gregory

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Hi, as part of our enrolment process our apprentices complete a 'VAK' questionnaire - as this is not a funding requirement, would we need to include this as part of the evidence pack?  Also, do auditors ask for access to smart assessor or would we need to pull the evidence from there?

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Steve Hewitt

Given that "learning styles" are a thoroughly discredited theory I'd get rid of it entirely...

In terms of accessing SA, think it depends on the auditor? Can't remember if you can limit access to a specific sub-set of learners (ie the sample), but, either way, would probably be assuming you'll need to do screen dumps/downloads...

Christine Gregory

Would you not even ask learners to complete VAK assessment now?  Wasn't sure if it was just good practice to assess learners.

Steve Hewitt

Look, this is more opinion than anything else but "Visual, Audio, Kinesthetic" mayaswell be phrenology. This article is more than a decade old:

Learning Styles Debunked: There is No Evidence Supporting Auditory and Visual Learning, Psychologists Say – Association for Psychological Science – APS

here's another from last year:

Learning Styles Don’t Actually Exist, Studies Show - Foundation for Economic Education (fee.org)

Christine Gregory

Steve Hewitt thank you for that information - the assessment was already part of the induction when I started here, so didn't think too much into it.

Going back to SA, we had a learner who started last month, but then there was an issue with the app service account and we are having to restart her - she had already completed some OTJ hours & learning on SA which now will need to be disregarded.  Wasn't sure if we can delete & restart on SA?  I personally don't use SA all the time.

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Kelly Knights

Re Smart Assessor: we use this and only download evidence when we have an audit. We download their timelog and progress reviews.

I wouldn’t bother downloading evidence until it’s needed.

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