Taking Learning Off the Streets and Into the Web
By: Japhet Luistro
UnionBank prides itself as a learning organization.
It is an embedded trait within every UnionBanker to always seek for more ways to grow and more opportunities to develop and be better versions of ourselves. This desire to gain more knowledge and skills extends beyond what is needed fo our daily office lives. For some, it can be for a want of a new hobby, while for others, it is a chance for new business ventures that will lead them to more income.
The challenge, however, is finding the right channel for learning.
Given the constraints brought about by the pandemic, face-to-face learning has quickly become obsolete. But thank to ingenuity, those who offer such services have quickly resorted to alternative means of imparting their knowledge to others. Nowadays, most learning content will be found online.
Social media, for example, used to be a place reserved for showing off our latest summer vacation photos or our best selfies and whatnot. But now, many organizations and individual instructors have taken to platforms like Facebook and Instagram to hold classes and tutorials. Most would host these on their social media pages for free, while others would lead you to their websites where you have to register and pay.
It is rather easy to spot them if you know what you are looking for. Join Facebook communities that talk about what you are interested to learn more about. More likely than not, events like learning sessions or seminars related to that topic will be recommended and shared by other members.
A fellow UnionBanker joined an art community page on Facebook where she got a free invitation to an art convention called Icon Manila, where highly-esteemed artists who work for media giants like Disney and Pixar conducted live sketching demo sessions with the participants.
Even streaming sites like Spotify and Netflix are more than just spaces for our entertainment. These platforms are also a treasure trove for developing new hobbies or skills.
We simply need to search for topics that we want to know more about and we will be surprised by the number of content available for our viewing, listening, and learning pleasure.
The government has also adapted to this new way of learning. Our country’s vocational education and training authority, TESDA, has a website dedicated to online courses for topics ranging from agriculture to electronics. We can find out more about what the agency offer on their website: e-tesda.gov.ph.
Our very own UnionBank University highly supports our discovery of new talents and passions too. We can build on our core capabilities and even explore others that may not necessarily be essential in our current role but is an interest that we see ourselves doing in the future. Just scan the QR code above and…