z/OS Study Center

 

For IBM (z/OS) shops today, there are many challenges in keeping your current staff motivated and in training new employees.

We feel setting up a z/OS Study Center can help solve some of your problems

 

A z/OS Study Center is a repository of training materials for your employees, who can access the materials in order to upgrade existing skills and learn new ones

Such a center can be used to train employees on site or remotely, as self-study or instructor-led, or group study

 

Here's the process we suggest:

• Your organization designates one person to be the Training Materials Coordinator
  ("the coordinator"); note it could be a small team but we suggest starting with one person
   
• Your organization purchases training materials related to its specific needs, from a list of available study areas:
  • Introduction to Application Coding Concepts
  • Introduction to z/OS
  • TSO/ISPF, JCL, Utilities, DFSORT
  • CLIST, REXX, Dialog Manager
  • Assembler language coding
  • COBOL programming
  • VSAM coding
  • Language Environment
  • z/OS UNIX System Services
    
    Note: the above are the topic areas we offer; other topic areas may be covered by materials from other training vendors
    
    [Note: for each course, our materials include:
    • Print master for a student handout, for taking personally useful notes
    • Lecture version for displaying on a screen and discussing
    • Instructor notes regarding various lecture points and lab issues
    • Setup instruction for hands-on computer lab exercises
    • Files to use in labs]
  
   
• The coordinator coordinates the ordering, installing, and distribution of the materials on request; note that the coordinator does not need to be an instructor
   
• For each course, a subject matter expert should be designated, who can answer questions related to the topic of the course
   
• The coordinator ensures lab files and infrastructure are set up for each student when they request a class
   
• Each student should be given a binder with the printed handout for each course they take
   
• In an instructor-led version, the instructor displays the lecture version of the course on a screen and walks the students through it, answering questions as they arise
   
• A group study version involves two or more students walking through the lecture version at the same time, discussing the content among themselves; a mentor or subject matter expert should be available; have the lecture version available for the students, as well as the instructor notes
   
• For a self-study version, a student is given the lecture version to display on their own PC or possibly a PC owned by the organization; they should also have the lecture version and the instructor notes available
   
• For the group study or self-study approaches, labs can be run under the guidance of an instructor, subject matter expert, or the training coordinator
   
• Coordinators from multiple organizations who have ordered the same courses can be put in contact with each other directly to share ideas / suggestions / experiences

 

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