30% Increase in learner engagement through hands-on learning powered by Virtual Labs

Our client is a French multinational IT services and consulting company which has over 250,000 employees in 50+ countries. In the last 2 years, we have worked closely with this client in providing virtual learning labs which were customized according to their needs. They follow blended learning methodologies for training their employees and have been our clients for various L&D solutions for the last few years. However, as remote working started, they wanted to establish a centralized hands-on practice environment for all their L&D efforts.

What was the client trying to solve?

With the decentralization of learning, we needed a comprehensive L&D solution to make sure that everyone continued receiving the same learning outcomes, regardless of location. The biggest challenges they had to address while developing a learning plan were as follows:

Creating a global learning ecosystem:

With their workforce across the globe, the client wanted to execute their L&D operations remotely. Thus, it wanted to identify the necessary technology platform to scale its development initiatives. Besides matching global learning standards, the client wanted to have a strategic partner to understand and execute its objective into a holistic upskilling plan across multiple roles for specific tech domains and competencies.

A tool to identify training needs

The most significant concern was not possessing the right tool that could help identify role-centric training needs in the organization. The company did not have the ideal methodology to deal with them. The company wanted to focus on evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of its employees to nurture and strengthen them holistically. The idea was to create training and development plans that could help empower every individual in the organization by having them learn hands-on.

The Solution:

Based on various discussions, Techademy developed a solution that solves both of their challenges in a cost-efficient way. As per their specific needs, we created virtual tech labs that could be provisioned on the fly. This would allow their learners to experience their tech learning in an environment custom to their learning paths.

Creating a virtual learning environment

Integrated tech labs with each one of their instructor-led training (with multiple local partners) initiatives happening worldwide
The training program we offered came with its own pre-configured plug-n-play model.

Collaborative learning

Enabled social learning principles by giving shared access to labs which allowed teams to work on assignments and projects, emulating real-world scenarios.

Meeting learning objectives

The current competencies of the tech workforce were broken down at a team, job-role, and individual level and then matched to the company’s future goals – this forward-looking approach intended to help employees acquire the right skills to reach their full potential.

The Impact:

Centralize their L&D efforts and standardize learning outcomes via hands-on practice on technologies learnt.
They have been able to move from outsourced trainers to internal training.
Improved employee engagement and retention of skills with significant cost reduction.
With the Integration of MakeMyLabs, learners were able to engage in peer-based learning with shared access to labs globally. Our client is now able to take on more training programs per year than ever before – whether it’s induction or continuous learning for employees.

The way forward

With the successful integration of MakeMyLabs with all their L&D efforts – Using our continuous learning tools, our client is now able to do significantly more training programs per year.

"Using the ‘learn, practice, apply’ strategy was immensely beneficial to our learners, but subject matter experts had to be committed to their role as mentors — it helps everyone else to see the benefits of signing up."

– Director of Learning & Development

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