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Collaborative working in a remote team

Contents:

  1. Who this course is suitable for
  2. What you’ll achieve
  3. Who developed this course
  4. Apply for this course

Discover project planning and collaboration tools for working remotely in this online course from FutureLearn.

Summary

Today, work happens in different locations and in less traditional ways. More of us than ever spend time working from home.

On this course, you’ll explore the challenges and benefits of remote working. You’ll consider different technologies for collaboration and get introduced to project management tools that can help to ease the difficulties of working remotely.

You’ll also develop practical planning skills as you learn to produce an action plan for successful remote working and get advice for starting to work remotely in the real world.

Featured in the UK government’s The Skills Toolkit collection.

Who this course is suitable for

This course is designed for people who have digital skills but would like to build confidence in using digital technology in the workplace.

The course will also be useful for anyone in employment who wants to boost their digital skills or anyone returning to the workplace who’d like to gain confidence in how working practices have evolved.

What you’ll achieve

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to:

  • Discuss the challenges and opportunities of remote working
  • Explore the main requirements for successful remote working
  • Develop an action plan for successful remote working
  • Discuss strategies for effective collaborative working
  • Experiment with time and project management tools
  • Explore tools and resources to help you work remotely
  • Produce a detailed plan for successful remote working

Who developed this course

University of Leeds
As one of the UK’s largest research-based universities, the University of Leeds is a member of the prestigious Russell Group and a centre of excellence for teaching.

Institute of Coding
The Institute of Coding is a family of learners, businesses and educators creating a new way to develop the digital skills needed at work and beyond.

Apply for this course

  • To apply for a funded position on this course, please complete the form below.

    Who is eligible to apply
    • Applications are open to local authority staff in England only.
    • Applicants may only submit an application for 1 certified course at a time. Upon completion of that course, an application for further training can be submitted.
    • Applicants are expected to begin the course within one month of their application being accepted.

    Please allow 7 days for us to process your application.

  • This is to verify that you work for an eligible local authority. If you would like to provide a different email address for course correspondences, you can input it in the next form field.
  • This is the email address we will use to register you with FutureLearn. Information about the course will be sent to this email address.
  • We are interested in tracking how your knowledge increases as a result of completing this course, so please provide an indication of your current knowledge of the course topic.
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Course details

Start date: Available on-demand

Duration: 2 weeks

Study time: 2 hours per week

Cost: Funded by LDCU

Agile, Team, Tools, Ways of working

Course provider

Future Learn

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