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5 reasons to use Learning Center content
When you create training plans for officers or other members, you can include a variety of tools. The Learning Center, which is flexible and accessible, can be a useful part of any plan. Here are five reasons to use Learning Center content in your training plans:
It’s customized for you. In the Learning Center, you’ll see the courses and learning topics that are the most relevant to you, based on the browser language you chose and your zone, district, and role.
You can customize it even more. You can create favorites lists of the courses and materials that you use most and hide materials that you don’t need. Districts and zones can also decide which courses to use and group them into learning plans. Contact us to customize a learning plan for your district.
It has the most up-to-date information. Our courses are revised regularly to reflect our current practices and recommendations, and it’s easy to find out if they’ve been updated: If they have, a note in the description will usually say when that happened. Also, the Rotary Learning Center Courses list includes direct course links that will work with any My Rotary sign-in. It’s updated four times a year and notes when courses have been revised.
You can track people’s progress. Visit the My Activities page from the user menu to monitor your own progress. You can also check global, zone, and district leaderboards on the My Dashboard page. Governors, district trainers, district membership chairs, and district Rotary Foundation chairs can track the courses and learning plans that members have completed by asking for permission to review them and completing the Access to Learning Center Reports course.
It improves the Rotary experience. Members who have used the Learning Center report greater satisfaction with their ability to develop leadership skills.
Review our recent webinar for more ideas about how to use the Learning Center and customize it for your district’s needs.
* The links in this document may take you to the Learning Center course catalog instead of directly to a course. Use the Search bar to help find your course. This is a known problem that we are working on.
Featured courses in the Learning Center
Discover these courses in the Learning Center this month:
Microaggressions: Understand what microaggressions are, the impact they have, and how to respond to them in ways that uphold Rotary’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. This course is part of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Basics learning plan.
How to Propose Enactments and Resolutions: Now that the 2022 Council on Legislation has ended, learn how to propose resolutions before the next Council on Resolutions later this year and how to write and submit enactments for the next Council on Legislation in 2025.
The Power of Giving: Learn more about the impact you can have on the work of The Rotary Foundation by understanding how donations benefit various funds and programs, including the PolioPlus Fund and the Disaster Response Fund.
Find information about all of our Learning Center courses in the updated course catalog.
Celebrate Youth Service Month in May by encouraging young people to experience the ways in which community service builds real-world leadership skills. You can find interactive courses and downloadable workbooks about service-learning for both adult advisers and youth program participants who are 16 or older.
Rotary Peace Fellowship applications for the 2023-24 academic year are now being accepted. The program allows us to increase the capacity of committed peacebuilders by offering academic training at Rotary Peace Centers, field experiences, and global networking opportunities. Clubs and districts have the power to shape the next generation of peace leaders by recruiting, nominating, and endorsing candidates.
Using the Learning Center before training meetings
Assign online courses to participants to take before a training event, to give them a foundation of knowledge about the meeting’s topics. This lets you focus your session on the ideas, activities, and discussions that are the most important for your participants. Review the Rotary Learning Center Courses list and consider which ones will complement your live or virtual training event. Use the direct links that are in the list and post them on your club and district websites.
