Due to Covid-19 and the evolution of virtual communications technology, there has been an explosion in demand for online learning worldwide, including within the global energy industry. Reaction to the pandemic stimulated an extraordinary growth in remote, computer-based instruction. In fact, during the first nine months of 2021 e-Learning usage among IHRDC’s clients increased by 78%, totaling 2.85 million courses delivered worldwide. Fifty per cent of those surveyed on the subject predicted that more than half of their future learning would be virtual.
Fortunately, IHRDC was well-prepared for this rapidly expanding training trend. For decades, the company has been an industry thought leader, driving innovation, and setting new standards for the origination, design, production, and distribution of enhanced e-Learning solutions that improve the competency of the energy industry’s workforce.
IHRDC focused long-term and substantial efforts on creating award-winning e-Learning resources because our mission has always been to develop more effective ways for adults to learn and professionally designed e-Learning offers many compelling learning advantages:
- Provides consistent, reliable training for all employees, no matter where they are.
- Offers timely learning solutions that enable employees to receive training whenever and wherever they need it.
- Supports the delivery of on-the-job training.
- Meets the need to broadening learning to other areas of interest.
- Easily available on any hand-held device.
- Makes it possible for employees to learn at their own pace.
- Is always ready when learners need it.
- Provides a cost-effective learning alternative with no travel time, no downtime, and related expenses.
E-Learning has become so effective because it leverages the power of personal computing, the extraordinary growth of the internet and ease of access to users on any hand-held device. Using these enablers, IHRDC has made and continues to make substantial commitments to develop a broad inventory of computer-based learning with a focus on value – value for the learners and the companies that employee them.
Achieving this strategic objective is not easy – it requires that our courses be based on comprehensive competency models using our industry experts to curate, organize and vet the content. It means creating courses that teach not only fundamentals but also the more practical applications to close competency gaps identified through employee job assessments. These resources must be designed to meet the needs of a broad range of employees, from those involved in specific industry disciplines to those who seek learning across the entire energy value chain. And the value proposition they offer is clear: offer excellent learning at modest cost.
Our Thought Leadership includes a commitment to our clients that IHRDC will develop courses with a rigorous quality control process from the initial instructional design phase through production, quality assurance, publication, and feedback. The instructional components will include interactive content, mixed media, knowledge checks and assignments based on competency models, industry trends and the collaboration between our subject matter experts (SMEs) and discipline managers.
Our focus on the creation of value for our clients also includes our commitment to top-tier client support from initial deployment to long term usage. For our clients to achieve success we assist them with the design of appropriate learning pathways, provide orientation sessions as the learning system is rolled-out to users, deliver periodic webinars on best practices to stimulate usage, schedule client-specific onsite or virtual support sessions, issue periodic reports on usage, and maintain systems to deliver content on a 24/7 basis, which includes an effective client feedback communication system.
For all these Thought Leadership value-creation reasons, IHRDC looks forward to the growing demand for its e-Learning resources and the enormous opportunity they offer to blend them with mentors, challenging learning simulators, case studies, and on-job assignments to achieve more effective competency development programs. Our clients now understand the compelling benefits of integrating the resources and services of our three business units: Instructional Programs, e-Learning Solutions and Competency Management, to achieve their goals. These IHRDC solutions provide our industry with the “Future View” of the most effective way to learn.
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