EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
businesswire | December 07, 2020
IHRDC recently delivered two major virtual learning programs for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) a two-week program for 400 Management Graduate Trainees and an eight-week program for 650 Technical Graduate Trainees.
The need was stated by Fatima Suraj Yakubu, NNPC’s General Manager Talent, “We have 1,050 recent graduates, isolated at home because of Covid.19, who need to develop strong backgrounds in job-related oil and gas industry topics. We asked IHRDC, with its broad learning resources and strong background in virtual learning, to join us in the challenge and, together, we satisfied every aspect of our needs and translated NNPC’s vision for Young Graduate Development to reality.”
All 1,050 attended the first two-week program together. It was devoted to the commercial and technical fundamentals of the oil and gas value chain, both upstream and downstream, and an NNPC-selected set of soft skills.
Blended forms of learning were used to maintain a high level of interest during the six-hour daily sessions. They included lectures and discussion sessions by experienced specialists, team-based assignments in the Sandland Petroleum Simulation and the development of a Petroleum Industry Board Game for Nigeria. All content was delivered through the IHRDC Learning Portal.
The IHRDC team of faculty and mentors presented the content along with NNPC HR and IT specialists who maintained flawless communications with all Trainees using Microsoft Teams collaboration platform for individual and the team sessions. The 105 teams were divided into five groups each with their own dedicated mentors to answer questions and support the teams as they analyzed and solved their Petroleum Project Simulation and Board Game assignments.
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EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
KnowledgeCity | August 16, 2021
KnowledgeCity, a leader in online education and training solutions, has announced the launch of a national educational campaign to mark National Nonprofit Day on Tuesday, August 17.
KnowledgeCity is offering U.S. nonprofit organizations the chance to receive complimentary access to its full range of eLearning programs as part of the company's mission to make quality skills training more accessible to everyone.
Employees of eligible nonprofits will receive a three-month subscription, providing them unlimited access to KnowledgeCity's online learning library of more than 18,000 training videos from categories in business, compliance, computer, safety, and finance. The participants will have the opportunity to receive guidance and direction related to course participation, certification, and identification of their selected learning paths.
"As a company, we have always emphasized the importance of social responsibility, so National Nonprofit Day presents an ideal opportunity for us to help the many organizations that are dedicated to helping others," said KnowledgeCity Chief Executive Officer Marwan Alshaer. "Nonprofits are among the organizations hardest hit by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in the area of fundraising. By offering their employees the chance to improve or refine their skills, we hope it will help them better serve their constituent communities in need."
To be eligible, organizations must serve the public by fulfilling a specific mission or community need, have registered as a 501 (c) organization, and have a minimum of ten employees. To register, qualified nonprofits must submit their organization's information through an online submission form by Tuesday, Aug. 31. Following the submission's close, KnowledgeCity will onboard each organization to provide their employees course access through its proprietary Learning Management System.
About KnowledgeCity
Founded in 2007, KnowledgeCity is an eLearning company based in Carlsbad, Calif., specializing in online training and education solutions that maximize skills development and minimize the cost, time, and effort associated with implementing online training programs.
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prnewswire | October 21, 2020
Herff Jones, an achievement division of Varsity Brands and the leading provider of graduation and educational products and services, launched Pivot Project Live, a series of six webinars all about "yearbooking" during the pandemic. Developed to address the unique challenges facing yearbook staffs everywhere, these live webinars are intended to ease the burden of creating a yearbook amidst a whole new normal. Hundreds of advisers from across the country tune in to hear from other top, long-time advisers to discuss hot topics like getting great photos from a distance, changing coverage plans to meet changing environments, and building a culture when face-to-face isn't the norm. Each week's webinar is themed and led by a new guest speaker with a Q&A at the end.
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