January/February 2017 | The Davey Bulletin 21
CANOPY
ABOVE
THE
DAVEY TRAINING AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
A virtual library packed with multimedia tools designed to increase your
arboriculture knowledge is available right at your fingertips.
Davey's Learning Management System (LMS) is an online repository of videos,
documents, links and more that can be accessed using a smartphone, tablet,
laptop or desktop computer.
The LMS is available to all Davey employees. Hundreds of training modules in
the LMS address an incredible variety of topics ranging from tree identification
to defensive driving, chainsaw maintenance, electrical safety, pesticide use and
more. Some LMS lessons are offered in both English and Spanish.
"It's essentially an electronic library that fits in your hand that gives you access
to a world of information, relative to what we do, quickly and easily," said RJ
Laverne, manager of education and training. "On the one hand, the LMS functions
as a library that you can go to quickly, find what you need easily and be on your
way. Or it can be used in the same way that most colleges and universities now
use learning management systems, and that is to track the progress of students,
or in this case employees, as they complete education and training online. In fact,
Davey's own environment management degree in association with Kent State
University provides courses through the Davey LMS."
Employees can use the LMS two ways. Users can pick and choose what courses
they'd like to complete at their leisure, searching by keywords, or supervisors can
set up assignments. Assignments can include a series of tasks, such as watching
a video and answering questions in a document, followed by a quiz.
"Supervisors can control all of that," Laverne said. "They can control what content
is presented, in what order and if they want to have exams associated with the
content. The LMS can be as flexible as walking into a library and getting what you
need and being on your way, or it can be as structured as a college course."
For more information, contact Laverne via email at rj.laverne@davey.com or
Shawn Skilton at shawn.skilton@davey.com.
Davey employees can
access the learning
management system
online from anywhere.
STEP 1 Log in to your Davey
Learning Management System (LMS)
account at https://davey.ttnlearning.com.
Your employee number is your default
username and password.
STEP 2 Browse the available LMS
training modules for videos, Word documents,
PDFs and other educational materials.
STEP 3 Improve your professional
knowledge. The LMS also features some
learning objects that have been approved for
continuing education credits for International
Society of Arboriculture Certified Arborists
®
.
