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Imagine this: you’re the captain of a huge container ship, standing on your bridge. It’s a beautiful day. The nearest coastline is thousands of miles away and all you see as you stare down the horizon are the endless ocean and an almost entirely blue sky. You’ve done trips like this hundreds of times and as a seasoned captain, you blindly trust the modern navigation equipment of your ship to take you across the ocean without a glitch.Just as you take a sip from your freshly brewed black coffee and settle into your captain’s chair, you hear people screaming in the distance. The floor starts shaking under your feet and a couple of red lights start to blink on your control panel. In a split second, you’re on high alert. This can’t be right! Did we hit something? What happened?Alright, alright, that’s enough. You get the point now. The consequences of large ships with failing navigation and communication systems can be immense. Thankfully, modern day ships are packed to the brim with advanced navigation equipment that prevent situations like this from happening almost entirely. And that’s where JRC | Alphatron Marine comes in with their products and their training.

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A company that guides ships

JRC | Alphatron Marine helps people who operate ships. They provide technology for navigation, communication and safety. Their key services and products revolve around control consoles called &quot;integrated bridges&quot; that bring together tools like radar, charts systems and communication equipment to make it easier to see where you&#039;re going and talk to other vessels. They also supply navigation equipment such as radars (anti collision), autopilots (automatically steering the ship) and ECDIS (electronic chart system for navigation) to safely sail at sea and dock the ship properly.

<h3>Mission critical training</h3>These systems need specialised skills, are mission critical and need to be highly reliable. This makes training the engineers who install the equipment essential for supporting smooth, dependable operations and preventing potential issues down the line. It’s no wonder then that training is a key part of JRC | Alphatron Marine’s activities, making sure that all equipment is developed, class approved, installed, commissioned and serviced to the highest standards.

As an international organisation with hundreds of products and services and a dozen trainers scattered across different geographies, providing consistent and high quality product training is no easy feat. That’s one of the reasons JRC | Alphatron Marine leverages the capabilities of a learning platform like aNewSpring to offer a more consistent and seamless training experience across the globe.<h3>E-learning by product experts</h3>Product training for engineers at JRC | Alphatron Marine consists of an e-learning with the theory and documentation, sometimes followed by a live remote assessment or a hands-on classroom training. Because of the highly technical and specific nature of the training, the trainers are trained at the factory in Japan on the product range.They are highly skilled and experienced in teaching others to install the products correctly. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean that they also possess the didactic, design and computer skills to translate the technical documentation into an engaging and didactically sound e-learning experience.

The challenge

Transforming documentation into a learning journey

And that’s why <a target="_blank" href="mailto:C.Makor@alphatronmarine.com">Cindy Makor</a> and <a target="_blank" href="mailto:t.weghorst@jrc.am">Thomas Weghorst</a> decided to team up to take their training to the next level when they saw the chance to do so.Thomas, being a Mechanical Design Engineer, is responsible for the development of documentation and training for JRC | Alphatron Marine’s AlphaPilot MFM product.

<h3>Need for better training material</h3>As the go-to person for knowledge about the installation and commissioning of the product, Thomas kept getting a lot of questions about this. It made him realise that the existing straightforward approach to product documentation and training might not be enough for this new type of advanced equipment. To make sure engineers gain all the knowledge and skills they need to properly and safely install it, he decided to up the game.Fully leveraging his digital design chops, he started working on a host of additional visual material on top of the regular documentation. The goal was to make the instructions visually more appealing and, above all, more clear and easier to understand. This resulted in enhanced documentation.But Thomas’s ambition reached further than just better documentation. If he could successfully translate better documentation into a step by step e-learning module in aNewSpring, it would take the training from simple digital documentation to a seamless learning journey.

<h3>Design learning to make knowledge stick</h3>So far, Thomas had been on familiar ground. But when he started to put together his own learning journey on the aNewSpring platform, he soon realised that instructional designers are there for a reason. Despite the user-friendly authoring capabilities in the platform, he found himself struggling to determine the best way to guide the learners through the material and make the knowledge actually stick. That’s when he decided to reach out to Cindy with a host of questions.

As JRC | Alphatron Marine’s LMS Officer, Cindy is responsible for equipping all twelve trainers worldwide with the technology and processes to effectively develop their product training. In her role, she had aspired for a while to improve the online part of their training. One of the main goals is to reduce the amount of questions the subject matter experts would get about installing, commissioning and maintaining products. To do so, she was already in conversation with aNewSpring for additional support.

<h3>Lack of content</h3>One hurdle so far has been that in order to create a fully fledged learning journey, you need a lot of training material on top of the regular documentation, which isn’t readily available. Also, trainers often don’t have the skills and time to develop all the content needed, let alone to also weave that content together into a full fledged blended learning journey.When Thomas reached out to her about how he could create a more didactically sound learning journey in aNewSpring and a slew of potential training content, she was eager to team up with him to make his ambition a reality.

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A three step training improvement plan

Together with aNewSpring’s Training Improvement Engineer Puck Onnekes, they embarked on a Training Improvement Project. Before they got started, Cindy, Thomas and Puck agreed on a three-phased project plan.

Phase 1: Planning &amp; startIn the first phase, they determined the goals of the project and the desired new structure of the learning platform. Apart from building an improved learning journey for the AlphaPilot training specifically, they agreed that this would need to serve as a blueprint for future learning journeys as well. So, they explicitly set the goal for Puck to document and transfer the didactic knowhow, equipping them to replicate the approach for other training courses. They also created an overall learning design for the training.

Phase 2: Design &amp; buildThe second phase was where the real didactic magic happened. First, Cindy, Thomas and Puck dove deeper into the steps towards a more didactic approach to learning content design. They spend multiple one to four hour sessions, answering questions like:<ul><li>What would be the best way to convey this information?</li><li>What is the best learning journey we can realistically achieve?</li><li>How to work with the tension between keeping it short, specific and clear and making it attractive, activating and interactive?</li></ul>Once they got the foundations covered, Thomas worked closely with Puck to create a detailed learning design and a content planning. He then set out to create the content and implemented it into the platform.Meeting once every one or two weeks, Thomas would get continuous feedback from Puck on his progress, until all the content was ready and implemented. At the same time, Cindy could turn to Puck with any platform questions, to make sure everything was set up correctly on that side..

Phase 3: TransferIn parallel with the second phase, Puck also started working on documentation to equip Cindy with a didactical blueprint for authors and designers. This was done to make sure the improvement would not end with just one training.  They concluded the project with a session where Puck could present the documentation and instruct Cindy how to use it within JRC | Alphatron Marine.

The result

A new benchmark for product training

Thanks to Thomas’s and Cindy’s shared drive to improve and create a better experience for their learners and the support from Puck, the new AlphaPilot training is now the benchmark for product training within JRC | Alphatron Marine. According to Thomas, the first responses from colleagues and learners have been very positive and the first AlphaPilot unit has already been successfully installed on a ship, guided by the new learning journey.

Above all, the project resulted in more didactic awareness and competence at JRC | Alphatron Marine, enabling them to keep improving their training in the years to come. It’s learning pioneers like Thomas and Cindy, who don’t settle for the status quo and are willing to go the extra mile to help their learners learn better, that create true learning impact.Technology on ships keeps on getting more advanced and interconnected, and thus, more complex to install. Thanks to training improvement initiatives like this captains around the world can rely on skilled engineers to meticulously install and service JRC | Alphatron’s marine equipment, and safely navigate the world&#039;s seas.

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According to Carla Steenbeeke, Learning Specialist at <a target="_blank" href="https://www.onlinestuderen.com/">Onlinestuderen.com</a>, more than 100 priority vehicles are involved in accidents across the Netherlands every year. This alarming statistic prompted the learning solutions company to develop a blended course that would address the issue and put better-skilled emergency vehicle drivers on the road.Why are emergency vehicle drivers at high risk of causing an accident? Other than the obvious fact that they are driving at high speeds as they make their way to life-or-death situations, they are constantly bombarded with visual and acoustic inputs and signals.These range from wailing sirens and flashing lights, to driving in hazardous weather conditions and listening to constant radio traffic. Unavoidable Visual and Acoustic Signals (VAS), along with the sustained focus required to drive at high speed, are known to raise drivers’ stress levels and increase the <a target="_blank" href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11845-023-03301-0#ref-CR2">risk of crashing</a>.

<h3>Stressful situations</h3><a target="_blank" href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/19003491v2.full">A recent study</a> from the US looked at how stress affects the driving abilities of paramedic students and found that collisions more than doubled when lights and sirens were used compared to when they were not. According to the authors, the cognitive system becomes overloaded under stressful conditions, decreasing the driver’s ability to concentrate and perform specific tasks, which may even contribute to risky decision-making when operating an emergency vehicle.To combat the many factors working against priority drivers, Onlinestuderen.com developed a course to prepare the instructors responsible for training priority vehicle drivers. Carla says: “By providing better training, we ensure that future drivers of priority vehicles are learning all the right skills.”Let’s take a closer look at how Onlinestuderen.com puts heroes behind the wheel and contributes to road safety in the Netherlands with its award-winning Emergency Vehicle Operator Course (EVOC).

Adequately preparing priority vehicle drivers for stressful situations

Despite the danger to drivers and the public, Onlinestuderen.com found that there aren’t any quality training courses that adequately prepare priority vehicle drivers for the stressful situations caused by Visual and Acoustic Signals (VAS). They found that:<ol><li>Most emergency driver courses focus solely on defensive driving techniques and how to manoeuvre through traffic safely.</li><li>Few courses consider the ‘human’ factor – how drivers process and manage VAS while driving at high speeds and their capacity to respond to significant stressors.</li><li>Existing training courses don’t allow for systematic knowledge transfer between driving instructors and learner drivers, nor do they provide opportunities for personalised learning or the tools to facilitate deep, long-term knowledge retention.</li></ol>

A revolutionary EVOC blended learning programme for instructors

In consultation with subject experts and on behalf of De VerkeersAcademie, Onlinestuderen.com developed a revolutionary new EVOC programme. This unique training programme is aimed at emergency vehicle driving instructors who will train future drivers to operate emergency vehicles, such as police cars, ambulances, or fire trucks.The course structure is based on the <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Five-phase-in-Plomp-model-for-development-design-research-The-five-phases-include-1_fig1_337141186#:~:text=The%20Plomp%20model%20has%20five,the%20Implementation%20phase%20%5B16%5D%20.">Plomp model of instructional design</a> and is the first of its kind in the Netherlands. Another marker for success, the course won first place in the <a href="https://www.onlinestuderen.com/most-impactful-learning-journey-anewspring-award/">aNewSpring Awards 2023</a> for the &#039;Most Impactful Learning Journey’!

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The aNewSpring learning journey platform was the glue Onlinestuderen.com needed to craft together a fully blended learning experience.Carla says: “We had to ensure that the online, classroom-based, and practical on-the-road training were complementary. To do this, we created an activity matrix to get an overview of the learning objectives, then planned what could go online, what goes to the classroom, and what is best learnt through practical on-the-road training to meet those objectives.”

<h3>The 3 phases of the Emergency Vehicle Operator Course</h3>The Onlinestuderen.com EVOC is divided into three dynamic, interlinked phases that smartly integrate the three learning environments. From theory to practical training, these phases support learners to engage deeply with the course material and not only acquire knowledge more quickly but remember it for longer.Phase 1 – eLearning on the aNewSpring platformLearners start by exploring diverse learning activities by following an intuitive and adaptive learning journey in the aNewSpring platform. In this phase, they also attend retention-focused lessons and interactive sessions in the classroom where they can ask questions and dive deeper into tricky topics.Then, a favourite practical activity: Using the driving simulator to learn the fine art of braking, cornering, and steering in various situations. At the end of this phase, participants attend three road training sessions, each building on the last and culminating in an assessment of their own driving and instructor skills.Phase 2 – Targeted training to recognise and manage stressIn this phase, using the aNewSpring platform, the course addresses the human factor while driving with VAS. Learners complete online assignments and reflection activities, including surveys, interviews with priority drivers, and analysing a video of themselves driving with VAS. This process is designed to support an exploration of the physical manifestation of stress at different levels and how to recognise it in themselves and others. Once they can recognise these aspects, they explore techniques to manage their stress responses when confronted with VAS while driving an emergency vehicle.Phase 3 – Putting knowledge into practiceDuring the final phase, participants put everything they’ve learned from the eLearning and classroom sessions into practice. They teach a real-life lesson to a future priority driver, enabling their learners to focus on their VAS responses and stress-mitigating techniques while driving a priority vehicle.The course concludes with a theoretical and practical exam, after which everyone can celebrate a new cohort of holistically trained, self-aware, and safe emergency vehicle drivers on the road.

<h3>The collaboration</h3>For Onlinestuderen.com, working with aNewSpring was about more than just building a learning journey. The entire course was brought to life in ways few other solutions could, because Onlinestuderen.com’s training design and aNewSpring&#039;s intelligent technology are a great match.For instance, Onlinestuderen.com could leverage aNewSpring&#039;s reflection and evaluation activities, which takes learning beyond simple right or wrong questions and makes <a target="_blank" href="https://support.anewspring.com/en/articles/70374-set-up-a-video-hand-in-assignment">feedback</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://support.anewspring.com/en/articles/70451-the-reflection-activity">reflection</a> an integral part of the learning journey.Together, Onlinestuderen.com and aNewSpring were able to strike the perfect balance between online learning, classroom sessions, and practical on the road training.

When reflecting on the learning journey, Carla had this to say: “By using aNewSpring, learners could study and prepare at home ahead of time. This fast-tracked training, and we could use the classroom and practical training sessions to really dive into the material and help learners put their new-found knowledge into practice.”Building the course began with aNewSpring&#039;s <a href="https://www.anewspring.com/services/organisations-successful-with-anewspring">Customer Success Framework</a>. Once the objectives were set and a logical design was framed, Onlinestuderen.com started to map out the blended learning path, meticulously planning every action and interaction learners would take as they made their way through the course’s diverse theory, activities, and tests.Throughout, aNewSpring&#039;s Customer Success team was at hand to guide Onlinestuderen.com in crafting a memorable solution that neatly wove together the different learning modalities. Once the training went live and participants embarked on their learning journey, it was easy to track whether they reached their training and development goals and identify opportunities for growth and improvement.

A first-time pass rate of 77%

Emergency vehicle drivers are at the front line in responding to accidents and emergencies. The unique circumstances these heroes face as they race to save lives present huge challenges, but the Onlinestuderen.com course has been instrumental in overcoming them.With a first-time pass rate of 77%, the Onlinestuderen.com EVOC is quickly becoming the status quo for the training of priority vehicle instructors in the Netherlands.

Carla says: “We found the combination of online learning, classroom discussions and practical training highly innovative. We&#039;re very happy that aNewSpring enabled us to accomplish that!”By training priority vehicle driving instructors in the human factor with a truly blended learning approach, we are well on our way to contributing to safer roads for all.

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How do you ‘unstick’ yourself when you realise the learning platform you’re using doesn’t support your vision and plans for the future? You migrate to a new learning platform. Not an easy task when you have over 130,000 users from over 200 different companies. But it’s exactly what the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cieh.org/">Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)</a> did when they migrated to aNewSpring.

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So, you’re an important and widely known training provider of environmental and public health courses. Your company has over 8,000 members worldwide, and you’ve been pioneering professional education for over 140 years. And, yet, it’s not all rosy – your online platform seems to be a bit outdated and your options seem limited. What do you do to prepare yourself for the future?It’s one thing to start refreshing your content and online courses, but it takes some courage to do what CIEH did. They stepped out of their comfort zone and started looking for other online platforms to support their vision and plans for the future. aNewSpring offered them the confidence they needed to take a leap of faith. A great decision – as far as we’re concerned – but there are a few odds and ends to take care of; especially when the migration needs to be done within a few months.

The concept

Renovation through migration

Though refreshing your portfolio and starting to use a new platform that provides more opportunities to engage learners and tailored courses, has a more favourable cost structure and is technologically more advanced, it isn’t as easy as you might want it to be. It takes time and a lot of effort to prepare for migrating from one platform to the other. You have to understand the old system, inform all your clients and, above all, make sure your content can be moved without losing any data.According to Stephen Joyce, Programme Manager at CIEH, the hardest part for them was retracing and understanding all the layers of their old system. They had estimated that around 200 companies were using their content, divided into about three layers within the platform. This couldn’t have been further from the truth, as they discovered up to seven layers within their platform and over 1,500 companies due to several resellers.These unexpected numbers made it a lot trickier to move the content and inform everyone involved. This was especially because CIEH also had to deal with a number of users without any contact information who could not be notified of the changes in usage. However, they did manage to do what they wanted: their complete portfolio has been moved to aNewSpring. It even has an updated structure to prevent any misunderstandings from happening in the future.

It wasn’t necessarily the migration itself but the preparation needed to start the migration process that was difficult. They needed to understand the old system and inform all of their clients. Especially figuring out the structure of the old platform was hard since it wasn’t what they expected it to be. They’d anticipated three layers and around 200 companies to be involved, but due to several reseller points, the platform turned out to have over seven layers containing over 1,500 companies involved.

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CIEH managed to realise the migration in just under six weeks, thanks to a great effort by their fantastic team their entire portfolio was migrated to aNewSpring all at once. This was done to ensure as few problems as possible for their clients, leaving their team ready to start their next initiative.

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Childcare workers have a full schedule, so how do you get them get acquainted with a new daycare app? By using the power of storytelling throughout the course.

Interactive training made to measure

How do you create an informative, interactive, time-efficient and fun training for childcare workers? The training has to guarantee consistent quality and a brief runtime, and it shouldn’t be too complicated. It would also be fun to involve the parents and their children at the same time, but how do you substantiate such high expectations?

Intuitive e-learning to get to know the software

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.kidskonnect.nl/en">Konnect</a> has developed an e-learning course to educate childcare workers in an intuitive way as they get acquainted with the app. This e-learning uses a storytelling method to guide the childcare worker. It also involves the parents and children in the process and consists of ten chapters filled with simulations of the Van Kampen family to demonstrate how the app should ideally be used. In addition, the virtual tutor, Iris, helps to set the learning objectives. She also introduces every new chapter and summarises the end of every chapter as well.The variety in exercises makes the training appealing; the childcare worker can, for example, send a picture of a child or allow a child to write in an electronic diary. The parents won’t have to miss a thing, as they can access these messages from a distance anytime they want.

A successful and adaptive acquaintance with reality

Thanks to aNewSpring, the e-learning course has a modular structure. This allows the course to be tailored for any organisation. It is also possible to add several other content chunks from outside the platform. Video instructions in Camtasia, simulations in Go Animate and SCORM, and software simulations through Adobe Captivate, for example.Since September 2017, over 4,000 daycare workers have successfully taken the course with relish. It takes a maximum of about two hours to do so, and it’s easy to pause the course when something comes up. You can pick up wherever you left off, anytime you want.

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How did you train people before you had the e-course?&quot;Before we had an online learning environment, we used to educate our trainees in a classroom setting. The classes often took place in the evening, which was somewhat tiring for the teacher and the trainees. It was also hard to maintain a consistent quality because the teacher and/or the trainees might not be as alert at all times. In addition, it’s complicated to keep the trainees’ entry level on tablets and software in mind.However, we’ve succeeded! Every trainee can take all the time he or she needs to complete the e-course instead of rushing through the information in class.&quot;Did any major organisation request an e-course specifically made for them?&quot;We’ve thought about allowing this, for example by adding a tailor-made introductory video. It would have been possible in aNewSpring as well, but we didn’t go through with this idea because our course had been bought as a whole. At this point, we do have customers who provide only a part of the available courses to their employees.Thanks to aNewSpring, it’s easy to decide who gets to see which courses when you’ve arranged your portfolio well.&quot;

Did you face any other challenges whilst designing the course? Would you have done things differently?&quot;The biggest challenge is to simulate how the software will do on tablets. A lot of existing software packages aren’t ready yet to function properly on a tablet, so we had to come up with an alternative by incorporating it on a web browser.&quot;What did you like about designing the course? Is there anything you’d like to add?&quot;It’s awesome when you can engage your clients in a catchy learning journey that emphasises the handiness of the course or when the feedback you receive from your clients is as positive as ours. Varying between animations, simulations and videos also makes it fun to actually design the e-course.&quot;

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While <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nibesvv.nl/">NIBE-SVV</a>’s classroom courses were solid, they lacked substantial online components. How do you transform a training portfolio from completely offline, to mostly online training?

Modernising an elaborate portfolio

NIBE-SVV faced a tough challenge. Even though the content of their training programmes was great, their portfolio just wasn’t very enticing. In addition, NIBE-SVV intended to provide online training programmes apart from their regular classroom setting since the former had become increasingly popular over the past five years.The NIBE-SVV training programmes, ranging from introductory courses to advanced sessions, are directed at employees in the field of financial services. The additional aim was to make the courses fun, adaptive and not too complex, preferably combining online and offline learning methods.

Modern variation with a vision

When modernising such an elaborate portfolio in a fun and original way whilst providing online and offline training methods, one has to pay attention to what the courses are intended for. A training aimed at building knowledge should be classified differently than one intended to improve practical skills.For mastering theoretical knowledge, the <a target="_blank" href="/platform/memotrainer">MemoTrainer</a> function in aNewSpring can be very helpful. However, for extending a practical skill set, the blended learning approach is often better suited (see the <a target="_blank" href="/resources/blended-learning-cookbook">How to Become a Blended Learning Chef ebook</a>). Every trainee can improve his or her knowledge in advance, resulting in more efficient classroom sessions. These sessions can, in turn, be succeeded by online recaps. In this way, the training will remain effective longer.

The method of modernising the courses varies based on their purpose and complexity. Simple, theoretical lessons are mostly provided through online learning whereas more difficult courses are usually taught using the Blended Learning method. In the end, every course needs to be informative, effective and appealing while also allowing trainees their own personalised learning path. To do so, the instructor needs to decide what vision he or she wants to project.

Blended learning and adaptivity: a jack-of-all-trades

Ever since the implementation of the e-Learning, NIBE-SVV has seen a strong increase in the number of trainees. Approximately 95% of these trainees have chosen the e-Learning method. Subsequently, the modules have been improved based on feedback from the trainees. NIBE-SVV has also received many positive reactions on all the possible exercises (such as the MemoTrainer) and the flexibility of the course. The trainees have the freedom to decide when and where they will take the course, as the e-Learning is always accessible.

In addition, a NIBE-SVV certificate or licence has a high market value. You don’t have to explain anything, so obtaining such a licence or certificate is very important. This also influences the e-Learning modules. Trainees and employers are focussed on acquiring the certificate and want to finish the course as fast as they can.We need to strike the golden mean here: an e-learning module that not only prepares you for an exam in the best possible way but also prepares you for your daily job and future.

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How do you set up your training to adapt to the trainee?Every trainee has a unique learning journey. You need to divide your course into logical blocks and subjects to allow the trainees to follow their own path. aNewSpring calls these kinds of sections ‘learning objectives’, which you can use to create a framework for your course. You can attach content to these learning objectives—it’s as easy as that! Subsequently, the platform can monitor the trainees’ level of knowledge and adapt the learning journey to fit their needs.Why did you choose aNewSpring?The backend of the aNewSpring platform is very intuitive and the frontend (what the trainee sees) is fun, so I was easily convinced that we could update our portfolio with aNewSpring. Their support page answers a lot of my questions and their Customer Success team always responds quickly, which allows for a pleasant workflow.

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STC: No boring online lessons, but pub quizzes and VR glasses

Rabobank and GITP: Using MOOC to make business owners successful

Beeckestijn: Believing in the power of blended learning