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learning tends to be more “trainee-friendly”. Trainees can learn quality will have been created to be used as a starting point. whenever they want, and wherever they want. The digital ex- From that starting point, we can plan what needs to be done to perience also conforms more to individual learning styles than improve the content, presentation and program. What do we does in-class training. If instead of online learning we consider need to survey or measure to understand what is going well blended learning, where in-person training is combined with and what needs to be improved? on-line learning, the effect is even more strongly positive. In the The pandemic has forced us, in many cases, to take the ? rst blended case, learning outcomes are signi? cantly better than big step. Let’s use what we’ve done as an organizational as- face-to-face or on-line outcomes, as is learner satisfaction. For set and begin the cycle of continuous improvement that was training centers, vessel owners and regulators, on-line learning unavailable to us in the heat of the pandemic battle. The world also produces a deeper set of records and learning analytics that has changed, in some ways for the better.

can be mined for audit purposes and continuous improvement. Until next time, sail safely.

This, together with the pandemic-induced accelerated move- ment to on-line learning, means that organizations are going

The Author to face increased pressure from their employees and ultimately even regulators to digitize.

Goldberg

So, for many maritime training organizations it will soon

Murray Goldberg is CEO of Marine be a time to take a step back, assess and consolidate. What

Learning Systems which provides training has been implemented on-line in response to the pan- software and services to optimize knowledge, skills and behavior in demic? How does its quality and organization stand up to the maritime operators. standards of a post pandemic world where “urgent” can’t be

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