The Times Demand an On Demand Training Solution
The advent of on demand training has contributed to significant changes in the learning and development environment within corporations and public sector organizations Several trends have combined to elevate the role of on demand training and the importance of including an on demand training solution within an L&D strategy:
- Learners are strapped for time. In the wake of a prolonged recession, workforces are lean and employees are being asked to do more than ever. Tight schedules call for an on demand training solution that's accessible when employees need it to be.
- Learners are on the go. Today's workforce is highly mobile and time available for learning may arise when people are on the road, in an airport, or between meetings. An effective on demand training solution needs to be accessible by those road warriors through laptops, PDAs, or smart phones.
- Learners need to know more. Today's information economy has dramatically increased the breadth and depth of knowledge people need to do their jobs well. In this context of rapidly changing technologies and markets, L&D groups cannot predict their workforces ' exact information needs, so providing an on demand training solution that gives workers access to comprehensive knowledge resources and the leeway to determine what information they need and when they need it is key.
SkillSoft: An On Demand Training Solution Pioneer and Leader Still
For more than a decade, SkillSoft has led the market in elearning solutions, including multi-modal on demand training resources. Thousands of corporate and governmental organizations worldwide count on an on demand training solution from SkillSoft to provide performance-enhancing knowledge to employees when they need it.
At the core of SkillSoft's on demand training solution is a "10x10x10" framework that makes job-relevant information and insight available to workers whenever they have:
- 10 minutes to read. For a manager, IT staffer, or customer service rep with just 10 minutes to spare for work-related reading, SkillSoft's Books24x7® collection is the ideal on demand resource. This digital library of thousands of books from leading business and technology publishers features a powerful proprietary search engine that enables users to quickly find the exact information they need, free of the advertising, irrelevant results and the suspect reliability associated with web searches.
- 10 minutes to listen. For the executive or aspiring leader with just a few moments to listen, SkillSoft's ExecSummaries™ deliver concise summaries of today's leading business books, available as audio podcasts as well as in text.
- 10 minutes to watch. For many learners, video is the most engaging skills training solution. SkillSoft delivers with the Leadership Development Channel ™ and its QuickTalks series, a searchable collection of more than 1,200 compelling videos under 10 minutes each from leading business experts and executives, addressing essential business topics of the day.
Along with the versatile 10x10x10 framework, SkillSoft offers abundant other on demand learning resources including an award-winning courseware catalog featuring more than 6,000 courses, including leadership skills courseware, desktop skills courseware and more. SkillSoft's on demand training solution is available as a cloud service hosted by SkillSoft or can be deployed within your network on a SkillSoft learning management system or a third party LMS.
Learn more about SkillSoft's on demand training solution.
