# Introduction

The apprenticeship programme is delivered in partnership with your employer and The Open University, which is designed to develop your professional skills, and improve your long-term career prospects, whether you are staring out in your first job, or progressing at work.

Apprentices new to distance learning say they may not feel confident with the skills they already have; this free course will help to support you in becoming a confident distance learning apprentice.

It will guide you through five simple interactive steps to refresh your approach to learning. You will explore useful study skills, time management, assessments, becoming digitally ready, and effectively engagement with course materials.

You will complete the course with an exercise to enable you to reflect on your readiness to be an apprentice distance learner.

After studying this course, you should be able to:

- identify areas of study strengths in preparation for becoming an apprentice distance learner
- explore and reflect on skills that are valuable for distance study
- identify opportunities to further develop your skills as an apprentice distance learner
- understand the attributes of a successful apprentice distance learner

The Open University would really appreciate your feedback, the survey should take around 5 minutes to complete. This is to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course survey . Participation will be completely confidential, and we will not pass on your details to others.

OpenLearn - Am I ready to be an apprentice distance learner?
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