Big Brothers Big Sisters predicts that its Impact U will touch more than 250,000 affiliates this year.
by Site Staff
November 19, 2012
LUCAS VITALE
Head of Global Organizational Development, Talent Management and Learning and Development, Life Technologies
This year, Life Technologies needed to offer development opportunities to a diverse, globally dispersed employee population. One of the challenges for Lucas Vitale, head of learning and development, was that e-learning had come to be viewed as stale and unpredictable. Further, employees experienced difficulty accessing courses, and the learning management system did not support mobile devices.
To offer instant access to online modules, the company built a new learning platform — MoDu, or Mobile Digital University, an online and mobile platform with custom learning. The e-learning modules were created to enable just-in-time learning. The content is hosted on the cloud, and employees can access it via the intranet or through the app. The modules have a global reach — covering the APJ region, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Greater China and the Americas. The modules are also available in a variety of languages including English, Chinese, Japanese, Dutch and German.
While the soft launch was in early May, before the month ended 25 percent of the company accessed 11,000 modules. The platform was formally launched May 30.
Big Brothers Big Sisters predicts that its Impact U will touch more than 250,000 affiliates this year.