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Malta Business Review
Skillsoft Programme
MITA engages ISL for
Skillsoft® eLearning
Enterprise-wide initiative to benefit over 100 employees
MITA, the public sector agency that is
driving Government’s Information and
Communications Technology (ICT) policy,
programmes and initiatives in Malta, has
engaged Information Systems Limited to
provide Skillsoft’s eLearning programmes in
Project Management, IT and technical skills
for 12 months to over 100 of its employees.
ISL first delivered a three-week pilot
programme for a number of employees at
the Malta Information Technology Agency
earlier this year. The Agency decided to
engage ISL on the one-year enterprisewide
licence from which staff from various
departments will benefit on the basis of
the highly positive feedback received via
an online survey with the participants in
the pilot.
All the MITA employees will be accessing
the eLearning programme through
Skillsoft’s skillport 8i platform. Among
the benefits of this platform are that:
• it is fast and easy to deploy. No apps
are installed on your PC/laptop/device;
• eLearning content is accessible from
anywhere on a 24x7x365 basis via the
user’s favourite web browser;
• it is desktop/mobile/tablet ready;
• content (including mentoring) can be
revisited and accessed for the entire
duration of the licence (one year); and
• it supports Web Accessibility, Skillsoft’s
implementation of Section 508 and
W3C compliance standards, which it
supports and promotes in its software
applications and courseware.
Skillsoft software works with several
assistive technologies, which are any
electronic or information technologies that
allow individuals with disabilities to use
information on a computer that they would
not be able to access otherwise.
Skillsoft supports the following assistive
technologies:
• screen reader software (a speech
synthesiser technology that converts
text to audio);
• shortcut keys for all mouse actions;
• alternative images to replace animated
graphics; and
• elimination of screen refresh rates
between 5 Hz and 55 Hz, which can
cause seizures for some individuals.
ISL held three familiarisation sessions at
MITA to take participants on a tour of all
the eLearning programmes they would
have access to and to give them an idea of
what to expect.
Mr Jesmond Mizzi, Human Resources
Manager at MITA, said: “We are confident
that the Skillsoft eLearning programmes
our staff can access will further enable
the Agency to deliver on its three core
components:
• its transformation approach towards
its programmes and projects –
to transform the way they are
engineered together with their
delivery, their return on investment
and the enhancement of the allround
value they effectively provide;
• its innovation approach – the
aspiration to become the leading
innovator within the public sector
and one of the prime movers in the
innovation circuit in Malta by thinking
creatively in respect of its people,
technology and operations; and
• its excellence approach, which
strengthens the Agency’s craving for
continuous improvement at all levels.
This puts fostering and encouraging
an ongoing culture of learning high
on our list of priorities.”
Mr Simon Calleja-Urry, Director of ISL,
said: “We are proud that Skillsoft’s
eLearning programmes are accessible to
all users, even those with disability, so the
entire cohort selected by MITA to follow
these programmes in the coming months
can take the maximum benefit in the most
flexible way possible.
“No fewer than twenty-four (24) Skillsoft
eLearning programmes will be accessible
to these MITA employees for the duration
of the licence.” MBR
For further information, visit www.isl.com.mt
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