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This is a general discussion forum for the following learning topic:
Virtual Internships --> Introduction to Virtual Internships (VIs)
Post what you've learned about this topic and how you intend to apply it. Feel free to post questions and comments too.
I learned what virtual internship are and who should complete them, 10 companies that support virtual work, and VI's can be as productive and in person internships.
We must be quite distrustful when selecting companies for virtual internships, to avoid being scammed. However, the world has changed so it is necessary to study in depth the pros and cons of virtual internships.
As a 30 year veteran of the Medical Coding and Billing arena, remote positions have always been available and the global pandemic has increased the "work from Home" oppotunity. Learning about fraud and remote scams will assist with helping my students find a legitimate externship for the MCB profession and a career opportunity.
Until this course, I was unaware that there were "scammers" who engaged in job postings.
The idea of a VI is new to me. I never thought about it. I also did not realize there are fake VI jobs posted out there too.
I learned the types of businesses and professions that offer VIs and how to avoid scam VIs. I don't think it is directly applicable to the type of internships our program needs, but I think a portion of our internships might be able to use a virtual component along with in person responsibilities.
Intership scams was something I did not know about until taking this module. Interesting information
In the age of COVID it is important to have the option of VI's, a student can still excel in a VI. The information on VI scams was invaluable.
We have many students who do virtual internships and I presently have a VI that I am overseeing. There are lots of challenges, and I am definately open to insights from this course. It can not be overstated that some students who are likely to excell and some not likely to excell, the same is discovered by Independent Study classes, some students should not take IS courses.
First time I heard about virtual externships. Something to look into for future references.
In this module I learned about Virtual internship, its advantages and disadvantages, or scams.
I think virtual internships works for those students with open mind and computer literate
I wasn't aware that virtual internships existed prior to this module. I feel that this could be a viable option for our students and can be very beneficial.
The information was very interesting and much needed. I learned to use some of the key words to identify VI scamming jobs. This is so prominent in our workforce and the information was a reminder to be aware of the opportunity for scammers to invade our work space.
Dr. Yvette Artis
The risk of scams is concerning. I recently heard about how common the money handling scams are impacting students from my son (among his school mates).
On the other hand, the value of VI as preparation for a more distributed work environment may make these important opportunities and good experiences.