25^th  June, 2020, DUBAI, UAE: The closure of gyms and working from home has created more time for adult learning, UAE-based website A Life Of Education (alifeofeducation.com) reports. Many people in the fitness industry are using that time for self-improvement, investing in their futures, boosting their resumes, and benefitting from the knowledge of world-renowned thought leaders.

Offering a wide range of fitness courses, the portal was co-founded by Caroline Leon, who suffered a rock climbing accident that left her learning to walk again after 14 reconstructive surgeries to her spine, pelvis and feet, and her rehabilitation trainer Keith O’Malley-Farrell, the website was launched in September 2019.

A Life of Education co-founder Keith O’Malley-Farrell said “Our platform’s mission is to bring knowledge and expertise from around the world to fitness professionals here in Dubai. It is fantastic to see how the fitness industry is turning what would otherwise been unallocated time, into time spent investing in themselves through education and self improvement. Online CPD courses for teachers will pay significant dividends over the near term as they return to more regular work patterns. Furthermore, the long term benefits are clear as fitness professionals are able to create more diversified and sustainable offerings that benefit the increasingly sophisticated and varied needs of their clients.”

A Life of Education is now home to over 100 online courses from experts across the globe, covering topics including Human Anatomy courses, fitness courses, Human Anatomy Course, Pain and Injury Rehabilitation Courses, Courses on Diabetes,Pilates Courses, Exercising with Parkinson's Disease, Women's Health Courses on the Menstrual Cycle, PCOS, Nutrition during pregnancy, Exercising during and after Menopause, & the recently popularised Ketogenic Diet.

It has never been easier to access the expertise of doctors, lecturers, physiotherapists and more, with the likes of London-based Ollie Blenkinsop, the Course Director of the Masters in Sport Rehabilitation, London) and diet researcher and prolific author Dr. Cliff Harvey sharing his knowledge on low carb and Ketogenic eating.

Simply scroll through the offering to find your area of interest, whether it’s understanding stress or the art of yoga sequencing, and click to sign up. You enjoy lifetime access, zero deadlines and can learn from home. All courses are internationally recognized by REPs (Register Exercise Professionals) so they come with the highest available endorsements for online learning, with participants receiving downloadable PDF notes, and a short multiple choice Q&A in order to gain their certificate of completion.

The general public has also been visiting alifeofeducation.com for a huge range of FREE online workouts, with Pilates, HIIT, exercises for teens and stretching available.

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About A Life of Education:

In 2015, A Life of Education founder, Caroline Leon survived a life threatening rock-climbing accident, after she fell 7m. Over the course of two years she underwent 14 surgeries to repair; two shattered calcanei, reconstruct multiple broken bones in each foot, along with re-attaching her shattered right ilium, reconstructing her right pubic bone and replacement/reconstruction of her T12, L1 & L2 vertebrae.

By the time Caroline had taught herself to walk again, it was time for her to progress and step out of the clinical setting. Her effort to find a rehabilitation instructor to effectively take her through this complex stage of her rehab, proved more difficult than anticipated.

After numerous negative and disappointing experiences, Caroline was finally recommended to contact injury rehabilitation personal trainer Keith O'Malley-Farrell from The Physical Training Company. Keith had a wide ranging experience rehabilitating patients recovering from complex trauma injuries during his time working in the UK with the British Military.

It was clear to both, that while the general health and fitness community was well versed in weight loss, body building, yoga, Pilates and gym instruction, as a whole, the in-depth understanding of the complexities involved with effectively supporting those confronted with out of the ordinary challenges, just didn't do the industry justice.

From this, Caroline invited Keith to collaborate with her and A Life of Education was born. Our aim was to bring leading experts from around the world of health and fitness together on one brand new platform to share their knowledge and expertise on a global scale. By watching and learning from those specialists in their fields students will continue their professional development and education through a more flexible, more accessible and more affordable education platform.

New York, NY, Jun 15, 2020 -- BVOP.org launched an online Project Management certification process by developing its platform for conducting online certification exams.

Business Value-Oriented Principles Ltd has published for the first time its BVOP Ultimate Guide which is the preparatory material for all certification programs. BVOP Ultimate Guide contains a collection of many business principles, rules, and recommendations that are aimed not only at future project managers but also for all modern professionals and managers.

After successfully passing the exam, candidates receive the title of BVOP Certified Project Manager and their indefinitely valid certificate.

BVOP certified professionals are not classic and traditional project managers. The organization requires from candidates knowledge of many more disciplines than traditional teachings. For example, for a project management certificate, applicants must also learn the product management sections from the book "BVOP Ultimate Guide" and vice versa - product managers must also learn the project management sections.

The organization also provides director's certificates for which the preparation is even more in-depth. The BVOP Program Director, for example, the title is obtained after successfully passing an exam on the entire guide.

Another distinguishing feature of the Business Value-Oriented Principles Ltd certification programs is the strong Agile ideas in all chapters of the organization's book.

Scrum, Kaizen, Kanban, Lean, and MVP ideas can be spotted in each row of the bagpipe.

The modern organization teaches professionals flexible thinking, modern business principles, and process optimization.

What is Agile methodology

Many authoritative authors also claim that the Agile process is better because the people who participate in it are more productive and happy. Engineers have a say in how much work they will take in what period and feel good by demonstrating the results of their efforts over some time. Managers want to see their vision turned into a real product as soon as possible and to be able to make constant changes to optimize the project. Consumers want to get a product that does exactly what they need, in a way that meets their changing desires and needs, by improving their work processes. Agile methods aim to satisfy all parties.

Managers often think that they know exactly what an application wants to look like, but they rarely give up on the opportunity to improve the project. The Agile methodology provides this opportunity because they are in constant contact with users and see in real-time how the application works and what needs to be improved. The developers also think they know how to design the perfect product. However, a consistent approach deprives them of the opportunity to demonstrate the results of their work until the entire application is integrated, which, as we said at the beginning, can take a long time.

Agile management is the opposite of the Waterfall manufacturing processes established in 1970. The Waterfall methodology is revolutionary for its time because it creates strict discipline in product development, ensuring that there is a clear specification that is strictly followed. It is based on the innovative method of production of the Henry Ford assembly line from 1913, which makes sure that every step in the production process is aimed at the initial requirements for the final product.

BVOP combines Waterfall and Agile by adding new business principles.

In addition to combining all popular management principles and methodologies, BVOP.org publishes in its guide clear examples of added business value to any business process. CIO.com cites this fact by pointing out that BVOP Certified Project Manager is aimed at professionals who know what business value is and aim at optimization and productivity.

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Mumbai/Pune, May 22, 2020: The country had the biggest online gathering of faculties in a five-day Faculty Development Program (FDP) that culminated with a Valedictory Session on May 21. Organized by ASM Group of Institutes and ASMA, the program was attended by over 7,600 faculties across 1,500 Indian cities. The chairman of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Prof. Anil D Sahasrabudhe addressed the faculty, along with a message from the Union Minister of State for HRD, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Sanjay Dhotre.

With COVID19 disrupting the academic calendar, admissions and overseas education of Indian students, the FDP is the first big attempt at kick starting the virtual teaching era in India. The program titled ‘Online Learning Pedagogy and Effective Use of Case Methodology’ had a panel of experts discussing online education, remote, virtual classes and teaching techniques. The resource faculty had eminent academicians and leaders in Directors of IIM Raipur, IIM Sambalpur, BIMTECH, SIBM Hyderabad, and ASM Group of Institutions who discussed the collection and feedback of performance data, guidelines and process for successful adaptation of case study methodology. The panel discussed the modalities of implementing ASM’s 360 degree approach to starting a new era of online education post COVID-19 pandemic.

The Chief Guest, Union minister of state for HRD Shri Sanjay Dhotre in his message to the gathering of faculty, said, “The Corona virus has posed before us certain challenges, but also has given many opportunities in this hour of crisis. Online education is one of them and teachers are one of the most important stakeholders in this activity. I am quite sure that the teachers participated in this programme, must have benefited in the field of online learning Pedagogy and would use it further in their day to day teaching.”

In an advisory for the faculties on adoption of technology and newer methods during the pandemic, Prof. Anil D Sahasrabudhe, Chairman of AICTE, said, "It's just not about pandemic, faculties need to integrate technology seamlessly into the curriculum. Post COVID19, everybody needs to be great learner and adapt new technologies as it changes now and then. First, faculties need to be lifelong learners, then only they can preach our students to be lifelong."

The lead organiser, Dr. Sandeep Pachpande, who is also the Chairman of ASM group of Institutes said, “Worldwide the pandemic has disrupted academic calendars, admissions and students' travel abroad for higher studies. Thousands, perhaps lakhs, of students have been stranded in between academic sessions. While we deal with the pandemic itself, the situation demands that the Indian education system hastens up the digitisation of education. At ASM, we took the initiative to develop and prepare the teaching faculty for a digitized education imparting system. Over 7,600 faculty delegates from 1500 Indian cities shows the urgency educationists allot to this need.”

“The FDP was kept free of any registration fees and was aimed at discussing and familiarising online education, remote, virtual classes and digital teaching techniques. The five-day event brought together teaching fraternity from 2,000 institutions who familiarised themselves on the modalities of virtual teaching, and on how virtual teaching can be implemented on a war footing right away,” Dr. Pachpande added.