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Kongsberg Digital

Kongsberg Brings Training from the Cloud he shipping industry is facing a signi? cant competence Early adoption and capacity gap in the years to come with more ad- The bene? ts offered by K-Sim Connect has already been

T vanced instrumentation, ships becoming more com- recognized by maritime schools and universities educating plex to operate, new regulations and requirements to fuel- the next generation seafarers. Many lecturers have now types and sustainable operations. We also see that due to started using the K-Sim Connect applications as part of the pandemic there are challenges for seafarers travelling to the new “blended learning” philosophy, which combines training centers to keep their certi? cates current and many the best of two worlds when it comes to teaching meth- experienced seafarers are changing profession. The need for odology. While the value and importance of face-to-face retraining and advanced training of crew in all vessel seg- interactions with tutors and fellow pupils cannot be un- ments is therefore becoming increasingly important, togeth- derestimated, the bene? ts of reinforcing classroom-based er with the ability to be more ? exible in training methods. lessons with online self-study training, accessible anywhere

In the face of this rapidly changing environment Kongs- and anytime, speak for themselves. Students being able to berg Digital (KDI) has developed a suite of online simu- prepare for, undertake and repeat exercises, on their own lation solutions provided as a subscription-based service computers and at their own pace, can make an enormous through the digital platform, K-Sim Connect. The training difference in achieving learning outcomes.

applications are bringing dynamic simulation scenarios to Another distinct advantage of Kongsberg Digital’s cloud- engage seafarers in situations they may encounter during based simulation solutions is that instructors can easily assess their work at sea. And this highly realistic, time- and cost- the student’s score from the exercise and review the recordings ef? cient learning can be done without travelling to a train- of the actions taken to see what decisions were made and alter- ing center at a speci? c time, but simply done anywhere in natively where it went wrong. In addition, the instructor can the world, at any time of day and at their own pace. draw from a library of models and exercise areas to assemble, 36 | MN January 2022