{"id":20699,"date":"2019-10-14T17:51:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T16:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/?p=20699"},"modified":"2023-08-31T17:01:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T16:01:25","slug":"a-new-experience-completing-my-first-e-learning-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/a-new-experience-completing-my-first-e-learning-course\/","title":{"rendered":"A new experience: completing my first e-learning course"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a project manager for the climate finance related e-Learning courses from FS-UNEP \u2013 the Certified Experts courses in Sustainable Finance (CESFi<\/a>), \u00a0in Climate Adaptation Finance (CECAF<\/a>) and in Climate and Renewable Energy Finance (CECRF<\/a>) \u2013 I am used to being on \u201cthe other side\u201d of these exams, preparing questions and checking formulations with our experts. At several occasions I also supervised final exams, answering questions from participants about the exam rules; no laptops allowed, please put your mobile phone away, yes – even if it is turned-off, and call out \u201c5 minutes left\u201d for all to know.<\/p>\n

I have been learning about Financial Inclusion Policy (it is difficult to take the courses I supervise). Financial inclusion policies can facilitate an inclusive economic growth, thus contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), so I find this to be a really important topic. The course focus is on policies and strategy design and I was highly motivated, but after only 3 months I realized that I had to extend the course. With Christmas and family obligations next to an intensive work period, it was just too much for me and I could not keep the first assignment deadline. Luckily, it is no problem to extend the course duration. The second assignment was due ca two months later, but now I was prepared and kept the deadline. If I were to give a study tips, it is that it helps to block time for study in the calendar to avoid fun distractions, such as guests, when you need time to learn.<\/p>\n

Final Exam Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was more nervous than I thought I would be. After all, I know the rules and should be able to focus on the test only. At least that is what I thought when I entered the room, but it was surprisingly difficult to put my mobile phone away. And two hours is a really short time too!! It does not feel short if you are supervising the tests, I can tell you that much. Another surprise was that I was so unused to write with a pen that my hand started to ache after an hour. Apparently my mind and my hand are not fully aligned either, because it did not look like I had gotten all my thoughts structured on paper the way I wanted them to when the supervisor called out \u201c5 minutes\u201d left. I handed in my exam, including some pen-ink smeared across the answer sheets and too much text squeezed into miniature text boxes, 2 minutes before the deadline. I was totally exhausted – but also happy and proud of myself. I realized how much knowledge I had gained during the course and that time pressure can be an adrenalin-kick too\u2026<\/p>\n

Epic Mingle <\/strong><\/p>\n

Happy to have gotten through the exam with my hand intact, I joined my fellow (!) exam-takes at the Frankfurt School Faculty Lounge for some much appreciated snacks and drinks. I normally join these get-togethers after each exam, I enjoy meeting with participants from the FS-UNEP courses in person. After having interacted over months on the Forum, it is really nice to meet \u201cfor real\u201d. Of course I also talked with our \u201cFS-UNEP participants\u201d too. Secretly checking if their hands looked cramped, I talked about the course contents, the exams and how we might develop the courses further. I also promised to double check that the answer sheets have large enough text boxes for the answers before the next exam, something I admittedly have not paid enough attention to before.<\/p>\n

My next e-Learning course<\/strong><\/p>\n

I do not know if I have passed the final exam or not, but sipping on a drink while talking with colleagues and participants about what we learned, accompanied by a wonderful view, I already felt like a winner. I have always been into continuous learning and the e-Learning structure makes it easy for me enjoy the benefits of its. Recently, a fellow Swede; Greta Thunberg, has made the world realize the impact of Climate Change and the importance of a sustainable development. Thus, I registered for our newest e-Learning course; Sustainable Finance<\/a>. I am already looking forward to it!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a project manager for the climate finance related e-Learning courses from FS-UNEP \u2013 the Certified Experts courses in Sustainable Finance (CESFi), \u00a0in Climate Adaptation Finance (CECAF) and in Climate and Renewable Energy Finance (CECRF) \u2013 I am used to being on \u201cthe other side\u201d of these exams, preparing questions and checking formulations with our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":780,"featured_media":20703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,18],"tags":[357,1344,329],"class_list":["post-20699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-executive-education","category-fs-unep-centre","tag-e-learning","tag-exam","tag-unep"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/780"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20699"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33787,"href":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20699\/revisions\/33787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}