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round the time of publishing this edition of Wavelength we will be
reviewing the latest incarnation of a new RYA Training Chart Plotter. The current plotter was released
over 10 years ago and was originally designed in conjunction with the UK Hydrographic Office. This was a significant step forward for shorebased training but unfortunately the training plotter has not kept pace with the look and feel of current technology, and although it displays both raster and vector charts, the vector charting display is now very dated.
The new training plotter is a
bespoke version of an existing PC based plotter called Nuno, developed by the software company Chersoft. Chersoft produce a range of cartography and mapping products. The new plotter has the same functionality as the current
spent teaching the principles rather than teaching which button to press. The plotter has functionality
to allow the plotting of fixes and estimated positions, or to calculate courses to steer using traditional techniques. This additional functionality will help to integrate the plotter in the shorebased navigation courses. The plotter is designed primarily for vector charts, but Arcs chart functionality is available. The new RYA Training Chart
Plotter will be available for Mac and PC users and we hope to give centres access to it later this year. We will provide training and workshops before and after the launch to ensure centres and instructors can get the most out of it for their students. Keep a close eye on ‘Keeping
plotter in terms of route planning, monitoring and execution, but
the user interface is much more intuitive so more time can be
What’s next for RYA Interactive? 2
013 was a successful year for our online courses with student enrolments and the number of centres offering online courses both increasing. The courses on offer continue to grow with the introduction of the online Marine Radio SRC course in January 2014, which is already showing great promise for the future. It is becoming clearer all the time that students want options when choosing how to take a course. They might not have the time to attend a classroom, but still want quality training and support. By offering online training as an option, the potential client base for RYA courses will only increase, which is great for all involved. Now that we have a good solid
base from which to grow our online training we are starting to look at two distinct areas of development: 1. Expanding our public facing eLearning courses for training centres to offer to their students.
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2. Developing a facility to help us support centres and instructors. The emerging name for this type of support seems to be eReference.
Public facing courses Plans for 2014 and beyond include exploring the development of online instructor training in Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults. We are also looking at how elements of the Day Skipper and Coastal Skipper courses might be offered online.
Support for centres and instructors Recently we opened a support area of the RYA Interactive site for centres offering courses through RYA Interactive. This allows instructors and site administrators to access instant help and advice online, and to see how they can enhance what they offer. This area is a precursor to similar information becoming available
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for other types of RYA recognition and courses. There is already a lot of information available on the main RYA website but we are working on drawing this information together into a more coherent training and support package for those delivering
RYA courses. This is a project of mammoth proportions so we expect to release it in stages over several months as we develop more interactive materials to help principals and instructors get to grips with the issues surrounding RYA recognition.
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