South West Employers
Easier access to relevant learning
Video Arts in conversation with Fay Edwards, Assistant Director of Learning and Development
How would you describe your current approach to L&D?
We’re trying to create a more proactive function…to develop a structured programme of training events throughout the year that are closely aligned with the learning needs of our audience. We needed a better way to give people access to relevant training.
What did you see as the benefits of an online learning portal?
It’s about better access, varied delivery and overcoming geography. You don’t have to be in the same place and it helps our learners build their learning around work and domestic commitments.
I suppose that’s the main reason we’ve adopted a blended approach to learning: to meet the needs of as many of our learners as we can whether they are solitary or social learners; web-junkies or technophobes.
We’re using a Video Arts learning portal so people can access it from anywhere… we liked the fact that VA could totally support it and host it. We’ve got access to an agreed number of users per title and we can use any of the Video Arts content and any of their online self-study programmes.
It sounds expensive!
Budget is always a concern, but the e-learning portal from Video Arts has been extremely cost effective. The set up was reasonably priced and the course titles are priced per head…it’s totally affordable.
And personal support from Video Arts has been very good. The people setting up the portal have been brilliant. It’s all very good.
