Week 9 LearningExpress

Sunday November 25, 2012

Are your library’s practice exam materials outdated?  Is a certain practice exam always missing?  Struggle no more!  Learning Express  provides access to current practice exams, self-paced courses and e-books for grades four through adult.

LearningExpress gives users from elementary school to adult skills-improvement exercises, practice exams for career preparation, college prep and self-paced courses.  This resource can be promoted to high school students who want to prepare for the ASVAB (military test), ACT, CLEP out of college courses or study for an AP exam.  This resource can also benefit job seekers by providing a self-paced resume course along with skills improvement in areas like writing. For those entering new careers, LearningExpress includes practice exams for certification tests in Nursing and Allied Health, Commercial Drivers’ License, Cosmetology, Civil Service, Electrician and many more.  The U.S. Citizenship test is also included.

To become even more familiar with LearningExpress, take a look at the tutorial. There’s also a short tutorial on the Maine State Library site.

Discovery Exercise:
Create a blog post discussing the following questions and other observations you have about Learning Express Library.  All resources can be accessed via this alphabetical list.

1.  Set-up an account in LearningExpress and browse through the available exams.

2.  Choose one and answer a few questions. Then click “Score my test” in the top toolbar. Ignore the warnings and continue to have your test scored, so that you can see how the diagnostic page looks. Then click “View Answers” at the bottom of the page. What did you think about this test experience?

3.  Job searching and resume writing are among the self-paced courses in LearningExpress.  Click on the “Job Search and Workplace Skills” learning center and add one of the courses to your center.  Take a few minutes to explore the course and note your observations.

4. Type a search term in the search box in the upper left of the home page for a skills improvement or career topic in which you are interested. Notice that results are sorted by tests, courses and eBooks (if all of those are available for your chosen topic). Please select an eBook and look through its pages.

OR
From the home page, bottom right, click the link for eBooks. The list will open in a new window. Browse the titles and take a look at one that interests you.