STAYING AHEAD OF THE LEARNING CURVE

摘要

It's been almost one year since the deadly pandemic known as COVID-19 started spreading across the globe and companies are still feeling its effects and will perhaps for years to come. In response, most educators have had to adapt to online learning as an alternative, but what about the crucial hands-on learning experiences offered by so many maritime training centers? Rick Schwab, senior director of the Maritime and Industrial Training Center at Delgado Community College in New Orleans, La., says, unsurprisingly, that COVID-19 has brought about significant changes for its training center. "For the first time in 25 years, our entire training schedule had to be canceled for over a month, as the facility was shutdown because of the governor's lockdown mandate," says Schwab. "Corporate partner training programs were put on hold, as well."