E-learning courses for Access to HE
All our e-learning courses are available to approved LASER Access to HE centres as NO EXTRA COST! Our aim is to get as many Access students as possible across all our centres to use some, or all, of these e-learning courses and to have options available for centres that will allow flexible learning that complements classroom provision and is available as a back-up should the need arise – whether that is for an individual student who has missed some teaching or if there are localised lock-downs due to COVID-19.
To express an interest and get a free trial of the courses, please email Sue Watson (Access Development Manager) at s.watson@laser-awards.org.uk
We offer three type of e-learning courses:
Study Skills Courses
This suite of online courses has been developed to support Access to HE students to improve their study skills to further develop their written skills in preparation for both succeeding on their Access courses and in making the transition to study in higher education.
They can be used to achieve Level 2 or Level 3 units or can be used as standalone courses. Sample assignments for the units are also available.
Centres can choose from a range of short study skills courses specifically developed by LASER for Access learners as well as a range of introductory courses for beginners in using Microsoft Word and Excel.
Click HERE to download a list of the study skills courses
Academic Subject Courses
We are developing a suite of e-learning courses which are mapped to specific Access Units available for academic subjects.
Each course can be used to supplement class-based teaching as part of a ‘blended’ offer or could be used as a standalone part of an Access course.
LASER Access Units are available for each of the courses and assignments will be provided to enable students to achieve credits for the units if desired.
Tutors in colleges will mark and provide feedback for assignments leading to the award of credit, just the same as for learners in classroom-based Access courses.
Click HERE to download a list of the Academic Subject courses
Online Access to Healthcare Professions Diploma Course
A fully online Access to HE Diploma in Healthcare Professions will be available for use from September 2019. This course will provide the opportunity to enrol learners on a 100% distance learning course.
The course remains in the control of the Access team in your centre, who will act as online tutors and assessors. LASER will externally moderate the students’ work in the usual way.
Where a course is delivered either entirely or nearly all via distance learning, a college/Access centre will be required to submit a short approval application to LASER to demonstrate that there are the proper resources in place to support this type of provision.
The LASER Learning Management System (LMS)
We use a cloud-based online platform called Znanja to host our e-learning courses. 
Each Access centre will have its own customised area on Znanja for students where they can login and see the courses available for them.
By arrangement we can export e-learning courses to a college Moodle system.
Click HERE to download further information on how to use our e-learning offer