SAP registers 5M enrollments for open online course offerings
SEVEN years since its inception, a free educational portal offering massive open online courses (MOOCS) to learn its maker’s innovations has reached a milestone of 5 million enrollments, as reported by its creator.
SAP said its opensap platform that offers innovative, expert-led MOOCS, with accompanying microlearning and podcasts across a range of topics for learners of all abilities, has seen accelerated growth lately, with the number of registrations doubling over the last three years.
Enrollments in about 250 different courses average to 20,000 per program, totaling 1.2 million learners across all subjects.
Even if this channel constantly provides new courses on the latest topics and innovations such as SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Technology Platform, intelligent integration, digital transformation and machine learning, older courses remain relevant and consistently attract new enrollees.
Through the years, it has gained great recognition and learner satisfaction: 98 percent are very satisfied with the learning experience opensap provides, 95 percent say that the skills taught will help them in their future work, and 99 percent plan to take additional courses on the opensap platform in the future.
SAP celebrates all of these achievements by offering its course—the Integrated Intelligent Suite—on the platform for an additional four months, or until the end of July, to give more learners the opportunity to acquire vital knowledge and earn a record of accomplishment.
Established in 2013, opensap, which is hosted and run by the Hasso Plattner Institute, provides individuals with essential knowledge and the opportunity to acquire the skills needed to explore the SAP software landscape anytime, anywhere.
Leveraging on tried and trusted learning concepts, this awardwinning platform incorporates features such as gamification and discussion forums, which enables learners’ impactful and enjoyable interaction with experts and peers.
“In today’s digitally driven age, it’s important to create a learning environment that is accessible for all,” said Professor Hasso Plattner, chairman of the Supervisory Board of SAP SE.
As the pandemic overturns all facets of life and compels many to shift to a remote working and learning environment, Plattner cited that it has become more essential than ever to lower the hindrances to vital knowledge, so learners can have the right tools and resources to keep on reaching and enhancing their skills.
Mindful of the huge requirement for reskilling through today’s digitalization era, the company continues to invest in lowering learning impediments via free offerings like opensap, according to SAP Executive Vice President and Chief Learning Officer Maxwell Wessel.
“Our goal is to ensure everyone in our ecosystem: customers, partners, developers and employees— all have the right skills to thrive in a digital world and are equipped with the knowledge they need to prepare for the future,” Wessel explained.
SAP’S learning portfolio currently consists of various offerings supporting sustained learning, performance and validation for everyone within the SAP ecosystem. As the learning environment evolves, it will be improved and expanded by adding free and accessible offerings to meet learners’ changing needs.