More big names opt for e-learning
A large MoD supplier has opted for a targeted blend of online learning
and real-word workshops to train more than 500 finance staff.
The company has signed up specialist Epic to design, develop and
deliver a programme to teach staff in its Customer Solutions &
Support division about the financial management of contracts.
Its ‘blended learning’ programme comprises online course
modules, tutorials and tests, followed by a two-day masterclass,
giving staff the opportunity to gain practical project experience
applying what they have learned.
‘The elearning element will cover all the internal practises
and processes used to manage contracts, and the subsequent workshops
will give staff real-world teamworking and project skills,’
a spokesman said.
The programme will go live this summer. If successful, we anticipate
blended learning will be adopted by other parts of the company.
Donald Clark, Epic, said ‘When defence does
something such as this, it has to have half a mind to think pan-defence
so they don’t get 15 similar systems,’ The elearning
initiative came out of a defence training review a couple of years
ago which sought to reduce costs and increase efficiencies.
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