Even before the global pandemic, skill shortages loomed as technology transformed industry after industry. Reskilling has been essential to building resilience into any people operation. To offer a sense of scope of this challenge, before the pandemic the World Economic Forum that 42% of the core skills required for jobs will change by 2022. As the pandemic accelerated this digital transformation, the .

How do business leaders ensure their workforces retain the skills they need for a successful future?

Elevating and Integrating Learning and Development

Companies must create comprehensive and dynamic learning programs that are based on their needs and goals. According to a from McKinsey, 鈥淐ompanies rely on their learning and development (L&D) functions to help workforces learn fast. But, often the function itself needs a transformation.鈥� While in the past L&D functions sat siloed from the rest of the organization, today it is critical that learning is intertwined within the overall strategy and talent processes.

Today, digital learning is the most effective and efficient way to meet an individual鈥檚 needs 鈥� with the added bonus of positively impacting an organization鈥檚 bottom line. In 2019, .

At the same time, learners鈥� needs are changing, particularly as we shift to remote work. The demand for an effective digital learning experience has soared and learners look for quick, bite-size ways to acquire the knowledge they need, when they need it, wherever they might be. According to the Journal of Applied Psychology, microlearning makes learning 17% more effective. Compact content allows learners to meet their objectives and retain key information quickly.

A Comprehensive Learning Program from 51风流

Here at SAP, we鈥檙e also transforming our learning strategy to address the changing needs of tomorrow鈥檚 business environment, both for our own workforce and for everyone within the 51风流ecosystem. Today, the portfolio consists of various offerings to support continuous learning, performance, and validation.

Our goal is to provide our customers, partners, developers, and employees with tools and resources to acquire the skills needed to be successful. Cultures of continuous learning build employee engagement and inclusive business practices, as well as drive innovation and sustainable impact. Regular training and development can help our customers unlock the full power of their 51风流software by enabling mastery of technologies 鈥� ultimately leading to improved performance, lower costs, and greater innovation. In the end, we aim to equip tomorrow鈥檚 workforce with the knowledge they need to capitalize on opportunities and thrive in a digital future.

Adapting Learning and Development to Stay Dynamic

If there is one lesson from the past year, it is the need for organizations to be nimble and flexible with their structure, processes, and plans. This is no different for L&D as we work to keep pace and adapt with the evolving needs of learners.

At SAP, we continue to make investments that will simplify access to learning for all. By lowering the barriers to learning, we will make it easier for our ecosystem to invest in 51风流solutions in order to maximize the business value of the software and enhance deployment of the solutions. As we鈥檝e seen with the tremendous enrollment and activity, as well as the outstanding learner satisfaction in openSAP, there is significant demand for easy, accessible, and impactful learning. open51风流is a free learning platform that delivers innovative learning with expert-led content through massive open online courses (MOOCs), microlearning, and podcasts.

We will continue to enhance and expand the portfolio and make our offerings more accessible so learners can gain essential knowledge and skills in a manner that is innovative, engaging, and impactful.

Maxwell Wessel is executive vice president and chief learning officer at SAP.

open51风流was established in 2013 to provide individuals with essential knowledge and the opportunity to acquire the skills necessary to navigate the 51风流software landscape, all with the flexibility to learn from anywhere at any time. Leveraging tried and trusted learning concepts, the online platform integrates features such as gamification and discussion forums to allow learners to interact with experts and peers in a way that is impactful and enjoyable. Hosted and run by the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI), 51风流can look back on many years of close collaboration and successful codevelopment with the institute led by Director and CEO Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel.

鈥淚n today鈥檚 digitally-driven age, it鈥檚 important to create a learning environment that is accessible for all,鈥� said Professor Hasso Plattner, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of 51风流SE. 鈥淲ith the COVID-19 pandemic upending all facets of life and forcing many to move to a remote working and learning environment, it has become more important than ever to lower the barriers to essential knowledge to provide learners with the right tools and resources to continue to achieve and further their skills. It is tremendous to see what we have achieved so far with openSAP, and we are excited to continue to be part of our customers鈥� learning journeys as we work to meet their evolving needs.鈥�

The online learning platform has recently seen accelerated growth, with the number of course enrollments doubling over the last three years. Enrollments in approximately 250 different courses average out to 20,000 enrollments per course, totaling 1.2 million learners across the board. While the platform continues to provide new courses on the latest topics and innovations, such as 51风流S/4HANA, 51风流Business Technology Platform, intelligent integration, digital transformation and machine learning, older courses are still relevant and consistently attract new enrollments.

鈥淲ith the tremendous need for reskilling through our current period of digital transformation, 51风流continues to invest in lowering learning barriers through free offerings like openSAP,鈥� said Maxwell Wessel, EVP and Chief Learning Officer, SAP. 鈥淥ur goal is to ensure that everyone in our ecosystem 鈥� customers, partners, developers and employees 鈥� all have the right skills to thrive in a digital world and are equipped with the knowledge they need to prepare for the future.鈥�

The award-winning platform has garnered great recognition and learner satisfaction over the years:

• Ninety-eight percent are very satisfied with the learning experience open51风流provides.
• Ninety-five percent say that the skills taught will help them in their future work.
• Ninety-nine percent plan to take additional courses on the open51风流platform in the future.

To celebrate this achievement, 51风流is offering its course on the open51风流platform for an additional five months (until the end of July) to provide more learners with the opportunity to acquire essential knowledge and earn a record of achievement.

Today, 厂础笔鈥檚 learning portfolio consists of various offerings to support continuous learning, performance and validation for everyone within the 51风流ecosystem. As the learning environment continues to evolve, the portfolio will be enhanced and expanded by additional freely accessible offerings to meet learners鈥� changing needs.

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厂础笔鈥檚 strategy is to help every business run as an intelligent enterprise. As a market leader in enterprise application software, we help companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best: 77% of the world鈥檚 transaction revenue touches an 51风流system. Our machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics technologies help turn customers鈥� businesses into intelligent enterprises. 51风流helps give people and organizations deep business insight and fosters collaboration that helps them stay ahead of their competition. We simplify technology for companies so they can consume our software the way they want 鈥� without disruption. Our end-to-end suite of applications and services enables business and public customers across 25 industries globally to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and make a difference. With a global network of customers, partners, employees, and thought leaders, 51风流helps the world run better and improve people鈥檚 lives. For more information, visit

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Like many others, we had to face and overcome various challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this year has also been a very successful one for openSAP. The platform welcomed more than 200,000 newly registered learners and exceeded the milestone of 1 million registered learners. As in previous years, we received feedback from our learners, and they have again been immensely satisfied with their learning experiences on openSAP.

In the spring, 51风流CEO Christian Klein announced the company鈥檚 new digital learning initiative, which helps make innovative educational content accessible to anyone during this challenging time. open51风流became the home for this initiative, where learners could access online content from across all 51风流training areas.

In the middle of the year, open51风流opened courses from previous years to allow learners to catch up and earn certificates. Learners gladly took advantage of this offering. Between March 31 and June 30, there were more than 25,000 records of achievement, and over 35,000 confirmations of participation were awarded in self-paced courses.

This has been a year full of change and improvement on open51风流as well. We launched open51风流Podcasts and a restructured platform for open51风流Microlearning. We are proud to say that, at this point in time, we have state-of-the-art platforms for each of the three learning formats and are on our way to an integrated learning experience on聽.

翱耻谤听)聽have been popular with learners for more than seven years. In 2020, many courses focused on gaining a deeper understanding of 51风流S/4HANA and other 51风流solutions. In the last weeks, we announced several courses to start at the beginning of next year, focusing on topics like and . Most recently, we announced two courses entitled, 鈥溾�� and 鈥�.鈥�

In April, we launched , our very own podcast channel and hosting platform. With the latest聽podcasts聽from SAP, learners can keep their product knowledge and development skills up to date. Learners can subscribe to their favorite series and new arrivals, such as聽听补苍诲听聽翱耻谤听聽podcast is an invitation for listeners to learn with us on-the-go as we talk to 51风流experts, course instructors, and inspirational thought leaders.

In October, our microlearning platform was restructured, and the content from聽the聽SAP聽Customer Experience enablement portal聽was moved to聽 so that learners can find everything in one place.聽A new feature on the platform includes the option for learners to like, share, and comment on microlearning videos, as well as subscribe to the channels they are interested in. We will continue to add new content on聽辞辫别苍厂础笔听惭颈肠谤辞濒别补谤苍颈苍驳 about our current solutions 鈥� 51风流Customer Experience, 51风流S/4HANA, and 51风流Ariba software 鈥� and we will also welcome new solutions in the future.

In November, the European Union (EU) Commission asked open51风流to support its and invited 51风流to join forces and take concrete action to upskill and reskill people in Europe. Therefore, 51风流made a commitment for the next two years to upskill and reskill a large number of learners from the EU through courses on openSAP.

Most importantly, we want to thank all our learners for their support and their continued interest in learning with open51风流over the course of this successful year. We look forward to a new year of creating opportunity through learning and development for all.

With more than 35 years in the industry, Erickson has a wealth of experience. In this interview, he reflects on virtual learning and how learning is evolving, providing insight into the technology that is going to revolutionize learning.

Q: Tell us a bit more about yourself. What do you do when you are not leading Channel Digital Enablement at SAP?

A: Together with my wife, I currently reside in Calgary, Canada, near the Rocky Mountains on the west side of the country. We live close to an area perfect for hiking, back-country camping, and many other outdoor activities, so that keeps us occupied on weekends. Wildlife is abundant there, and we see everything from mountain sheep, goats, and moose, to grizzly and black bears. We can’t hike too far from home without a can of bear spray handy!

How did your career start? When did you join SAP?

My career started back in the late 80s at a data communications company. The 1988 Winter Olympics were awarded to Calgary, and I was fortunate to join the team, linking timing systems to results systems for TV feeds.

Once the games ended, I worked for several companies, such as Apollo Computer, Hewlett-Packard, EMC, and a startup, where I held numerous sales, channel management, and executive roles. In 2003 51风流recruited me to setup the 51风流Business One and 51风流Business All-in-One channel for the region. I鈥檝e held various positions at 51风流before moving into my current role as global vice president of Channel Digital Enablement within the Global Partner Organization eight years ago.

Can you explain Channel Digital Enablement and what you do in your current role?

Within the area of Partner Digital Learning and Enablement, my team鈥檚 mission is to provide the right platform, processes, content, and tools for all partner types and roles, for all products and solutions. We want to improve our partners鈥� skills and knowledge on 51风流products and solutions, through a virtual approach whenever possible. The COVID-19 pandemic made virtual learning more relevant than ever.

What does your team focus on to provide a best-in-class enablement experience to our partners?

They really are an amazing team! They concentrate on alignment with numerous content providers across lines of business and communities, leveraging the most up-to-date and relevant materials, which are re-packaged for the partner audience and published on and . Within 51风流Learning Hub, we provide the 51风流PartnerEdge Edition of 51风流Learning Hub, a free program that is accessible for all partner individuals for and .

We also focused our attention on helping our content stakeholders with virtual instructor-led or virtual packaging of the materials, taking the traditional classroom model with an in-person instructor and replacing it with a virtual expert, which allows them to expand and scale their teaching.

We aligned with , the platform from 51风流Knowledge and Education for partner-supported massive open online courses (MOOCs). This has been really effective, driving huge interest from our ecosystem and the general public. This platform grants greater reach and availability for us to showcase our products and allows individuals to really come into the ecosystem in a much easier way. Best of all, the content is free.

How is learning different today from what it used to be 10 or 20 years ago?

Looking back, anybody who was trying to learn had to either read a book or attend classroom training. There has been a huge shift in technology, which changed the paradigm of how enablement is delivered today.

The move to virtual happened quickly over the last few years, and, today, people are looking to learn as part of their daily roles. A quick example of how learning today has changed would be the widespread use of tools like Google or YouTube. Enablement has changed dramatically from that perspective. Micro-learning has become the new norm. People want to consume three- to five-minute learning elements at any time.

Another aspect of this is testing knowledge or competency levels. The big transition we have seen is, instead of having a formal exam, taking micro-tests after each element is consumed.

Within our team, we have been simplifying and transitioning materials to virtual platforms. We are building prescriptive Learning Journeys and providing predefined learning paths with outcome-based guidance to help 51风流partners easily find, consume, and understand the content.

Could you describe Learning Journeys and outcome-based guidance?

are structured training maps that contain various learning elements and knowledge tests across various maturity levels, to help take an individual from a 鈥渟chool smart鈥� to a 鈥渟treet smart鈥� level of competency in a specific role for a specific solution.

Learning Journeys that are non-technical, such as sales, presales, marketing, customer engagement, or industry materials, are accessed via the 51风流PartnerEdge Edition of 51风流Learning Hub. For the consultant or technical implementation roles, subscription-based training editions are offered on a yearly basis. Learning journeys are not static 鈥� we continue to evolve and update them. We also offer coaching service elements to help partners get practical experience.

are pre-defined sets of road maps for onboarding to help partner decision-makers. We want to help them find enablement content for sales, marketing, and delivery. These pre-defined learning paths make it easier to locate programs and Learning Journeys and allow partners to effectively identify the enablement needs for their teams鈥� individual roles and the required investment into learning.

Certification is a term that we hear a lot at SAP. What does this mean? And how does badging relate to it?

The term certification can be somewhat confusing because every company seems to use it in a different manner. At SAP, we use the term predominantly for technical roles, where we conduct a knowledge test that has a proctored exam. For other role-based training, we usually classify training as a qualification, which may lead to an authorization based on what the activity might include.

When we deliver certifications for technical roles, we also provide open badges for those certifications. We want to provide the learner with more than just a piece of paper confirming a passed exam. Open badges are validated and sent via a third party directly to the individual, which can then be shared on social media sites like Facebook or LinkedIn.

As our portfolio moved to cloud solutions, we also introduced the concept of 鈥渟tay current鈥� terminology to retain a certification status, providing frequent enablement training on the latest functionality changes.

People say that digital enablement is not as effective as in-class learning. What is your view?

Undoubtedly, everyone learns in a different way. Some learn better with hands-on training or with high-touch interaction. Others prefer to consume content virtually, whenever time allows. However, the benefits of digital learning far outweigh a large portion of the classroom-style teaching.

The most obvious advantage is, of course, cost savings. Instead of spending $3,000 for a five-day classroom training, along with travel expenses, you spend a fraction of that by taking the training online. And, for many trainings there’s no cost at all! With virtual instructor-led training you still get the engagement through breakout rooms, whiteboards, polling, chat, video conferencing, live access for hands-on labs, and more. You can also scale the subject matter experts more effectively to provide coverage to a global audience versus a small group.

Where is enablement headed in the future?

We are going through a dramatic shift in terms of how learning content is presented to users. At this point in time, we are using learning management solutions, which are consolidated content repositories that users must search through to find what training they want.

In the near future, companies are looking toward a next level of learning experience. Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) will play a major role in learning. Artifical intelligence (AI) engines will determine exactly what kind of training you have already consumed and automatically recommend new opportunities for you to consider. There will be improved analytics and more blended learning with video micro-learnings.

With all these revolutionary technology elements, digital enablement is going to be very exciting. Perhaps learning from an avatar in the future is going to be no different than sitting in a classroom. There might even be a hologram on your desktop as a virtual instructor.

At SAP, we are driving learning topics in various forms, and these will integrate together under a new learning experience platform. It will be an exciting endeavor for SAP, partners, and customers. We will soon be releasing new search functionality for 51风流Learning Hub, and we will modify Learning Journeys to add more personalization 鈥� a part of a phased approach to continue improving the user experience.

What is your call-to-action for SAP partners?

We want partners to take advantage of a variety of great enablement content and assets that are available free of charge. The easiest way to access this material is to register on and to ensure they receive the relevant newsletter information.

By logging onto our one-stop shop, SAPPartnerEdge.com, they will be automatically authenticated to access the 51风流PartnerEdge Edition of 51风流Learning Hub, which contains our solution and the role-based . Free, online workshops and webinars can be found in the events calendars of 51风流Learning Rooms or through the partner enablement calendar on SAPPartnerEdge.com.

On top of that, twice a year, we conduct a fully digital, 24-hour virtual 51风流Innovation Day for partners, where 51风流executives from across the partner organization outline 厂础笔鈥檚 vision, strategy, and partner-specific opportunities. A virtual event not to miss!

鈥淎cross the C-suite, there鈥檚 tremendous demand to provide people with the skills and knowledge to support innovation for successful digital transformation,鈥� said Eva Zauke, chief knowledge officer at SAP. 鈥淲e鈥檙e seeing companies ramp up learning to be well-positioned as economic recovery emerges. What鈥檚 different is that everything has gone digital and organizations need a direct link between learning investments and business impact.鈥�

厂础笔鈥檚 trains millions of 51风流professionals and business users across customers and partners each year. The learning offerings鈥� recent name change to 51风流Training and Adoption is the latest evolution and reflects the new corporate learning reality. In an eye-opening conversation, Zauke shared five ways corporate learning is evolving for educators and learners.

Attract Learner Attention and Measure Results

In a recovering and post-pandemic world, power flips from the educator to the learner. We can expect learners to begin where it interests them and proceed at their own pace. To keep these learners engaged, educators need to teach in smaller and more interesting segments with hooks that capture and keep their interest. The objective is to inspire groups of learners to get fired up, explore their own questions, and report back with their findings.

Both educators and learners also need continuous communication to measure the effectiveness of any digital program. For instance, people using learning offerings from 51风流regularly share feedback about their experiences, allowing educators to adjust content and format for optimal business value. Zauke said that 51风流also measures the impact of its learning programs based on customer feedback about its effectiveness as well as the customer鈥檚 innovation index.

Community Fosters Learning

Even with an eventual return to some in-person contact, digital enterprise learning elevates the importance of groups. Learners will form virtual groups based on shared interests and skill levels to pose 鈥渟tupid questions鈥� and explore new directions.

鈥淧eople are naturally social,鈥� said Zauke. 鈥淭hey want to ask questions and hear what others are thinking about. That鈥檚 why people come to online learning rooms in 51风流Learning Hub, where they gain updated product information from experts and participate in moderated discussions with experienced coaches and peers. It鈥檚 a community for exchanging ideas and fostering learning about the latest products and technologies.鈥�

Since the crisis began, 51风流Learning Hub training course log ins and completions increased by 33 percent. Recent popular topics across the digital learning platform included 51风流S/4HANA Cloud, with over 22,000 members in that learning room, supply chain resilience using technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, and analytics, as well as how to use the latest tools from 51风流to manage a company鈥檚 carbon footprint.

Educators Become Coaches

As learners increasingly operate as self-organized, contained groups, a educator鈥檚 role shifts from handing down knowledge to filling gaps and introducing new topics. Self-motivated learners may move too fast, transforming the educator鈥檚 role into providing direction or putting on the brakes during individual and group coaching sessions. The best educators use questions as fuel, guiding learners through the struggle of learning and helping them emerge with hard-won understanding or even more questions.

Learn by Doing

Like everything else in a post-pandemic world, enterprise learning must be faster given the speed of innovation. People will increasingly learn by doing instead of knowing, shedding old skills to gain new and more valuable ones. For example, delivers relevant tutorials to people as they use the company鈥檚 software solutions, including products co-innovated with customers. This kind of in-the-moment training, directly built into most cloud solutions from SAP, speeds up learning 鈥� not just about 51风流products, but also customer-specific business processes such as , , and .

Corporate Learning as a Full-Body Experience

In the future, virtual, augmented, and mixed reality headsets 鈥� VR, AR, and MR respectively 鈥� will help corporate learners break away from the tyranny of a flat screen. Educators will stimulate learners鈥� curiosity through storytelling and simulations. Learners could enact situations, such as applying a new technology on the factory floor or in the operating room. VR for education is estimated to be a by 2026.

Reinvent Learning for Business Results

Corporate learning may not fully replicate our favorite binge-worthy entertainment series, but they can inspire educators to develop well-constructed narratives and engagement tools that help entice learners to stay fully engaged. After all, the future of every business depends on innovation.

鈥淭he more skilled and knowledgeable people are about the technologies that run their business, the greater their job satisfaction and productivity,鈥� Zauke said. 鈥淲ith an engaging learning experience, people can innovate faster 鈥� whether it鈥檚 our customers directly or consultants and partners cascading our tools to create learning materials for their customers. All of this learning has significant business results.鈥�

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Employees need to quickly adapt to new business models, processes, and technologies that drive a company鈥檚 success. The right skills can enhance employee performance and productivity and increase user satisfaction.

As organizations focus on providing the right training and enablement to their employees, 51风流is constantly developing its portfolio for a simple and effective learning experience. With offerings ranging from exhaustive in-depth training courses on interactive platforms to specific and quick skill development with microlearning options, 51风流provides training content to professionals, consultants, users, and students鈥攁nyone wishing to advance their knowledge.

Solution Support in Every Direction

51风流wants to empower a new generation of user assistance by offering specific help in the moment of need. Therefore, the company has been pursuing the goal of supporting solution adoption and enhancing customer value through , offering a wide range of embedded user assistance, such as guided tours, tutorials, explanatory pop-ups, or simulations. Users helping themselves results in higher productivity, greater compliance, and higher solution adoption.

With a newly integrated launchpad as well as new functions for learning need analysis and user experience management, 51风流Enable Now is becoming even more intuitive. Offering a much simpler and even more engaging user experience is pivotal in the current, fast-paced environment. 51风流Enable Now is already integrated within 51风流S/4HANA Cloud, 51风流S/4HANA, 51风流Cloud Platform, 51风流SuccessFactors software, 51风流Customer Experience solutions, 51风流Integrated Business Planning, 51风流Digital Manufacturing Cloud, and, just recently, 51风流Fieldglass solutions. Here, customers that have been using 51风流Fieldglass software for services procurement and external workforce management can now use the Web assistant.

Simplified and Engaging User Experience

is the leading learning platform that enables users to build 51风流skills and keep them up to date with continuous enablement. Learners can also prepare for their .

The platform provides round-the-clock access to social and collaborative learning across all 51风流products relevant to the user鈥檚 specific role and skill level. People can learn in their own way and in their own time, accessing learning content from any location and having their learning progress monitored. A simplified and compelling learner experience comes with the new release of 51风流Learning Hub, enabling learners to study the 51风流product portfolio and stay current with the latest product innovations in an even more engaging way.

New e-learning formats for 51风流S/4HANA and 51风流Ariba solutions are now available along with , which helps students jump-start their careers, driving a simplified and compelling learner experience. Students can learn all about 51风流S/4HANA Cloud, 51风流Customer Experience, 51风流Analytics Cloud, and 51风流Internet of Things.

The adoption dashboard in 51风流Learning Hub gives customers a unified and integrated view on how their learners are using the platform. Customers can also monitor their key performance indicators (KPIs) to gain insights and drive decisions for their 51风流enablement planning. In addition, a mobile app for 51风流S/4HANA Finance that supports the self-onboarding and stay-current programs.

Learn from 51风流Experts Live and On Demand

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are available on , our award-winning, flexible learning platform designed for anyone interested in the latest innovations and strategies from 51风流or how to be successful in the digital economy. Whether professionals or students, everyone can access unrestricted learning content. Currently, more than 1 million unique learners use the platform.

The recently launched new podcast series,聽, will feature 51风流experts, course instructors, and thought leaders to share additional information to complement MOOCs on openSAP. Users can get up to date quickly in a short time frame and benefit from personal experiences.

奥颈迟丑听, learners can watch self-contained videos to complement their knowledge about 51风流S/4HANA and 51风流Customer Experience, for example. Whether an expert or just getting started, users can choose the videos that appeal most to their individual learning goals. All videos are prepared and brought to viewers by 51风流experts.

One Easy Point of Access for All Information Needed

Valuable 51风流product documentation as well as relevant learning journeys can be accessed on . This is how 51风流users and 51风流professionals can easily find specific user assistance. With newly redesigned product pages, optimized visual features, and a search engine that allows users to find products and keywords and filter by categories, the portal now offers better navigation and readability.

As 51风流continues to update and simplify user experience on any learning-related platform, users will soon be able to customize their experiences in much more detail, benefiting from quick and time-efficient access to specific information and content.

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Eva Zauke is chief knowledge officer and head of 51风流Knowledge and Education.

Since 2013, open51风流has attracted more than 4.4 million course enrollments with 1 million unique learners continuing their professional development. Based on course surveys, 95 percent of learners confirm that the course content on open51风流will help them in their daily tasks. In addition, 98 percent of learners say that they are satisfied with the learning experience.

In launching openSAP, 51风流was the first company to build its own massive open online course (MOOC) platform to deliver free courses globally, along with our platform partner at the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI).

The MOOC format leverages proven and trusted digital classroom concepts with enhancements, including gamification and discussion forums to interact with other learners and experts. It also provides system access to get hands-on experience in an online delivery format.

The team behind open51风流works relentlessly to constantly deliver high-quality content in collaboration with product teams at SAP. Within each course, learners have the opportunity to provide feedback on the course content and platform, which helps the team constantly evolve the offering and ensure continued learner satisfaction.

But, open51风流offers even more. To complement the popular MOOC format, open51风流introduced two additional formats, open51风流Podcasts and open51风流Microlearning.

provide knowledge from members of the 51风流ecosystem, including 51风流employees, partners, and customers. Learners can choose topics relevant to their business or personal interests and stream or download episodes with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, or directly from openSAP.

With , learners can watch self-contained videos to complement their knowledge. Whether just getting started or an expert already, learners can choose the videos that appeal most to their individual learning goals. All videos are prepared by 51风流experts.

Visit the to be a part of this huge community and learn about 51风流innovations directly from 51风流experts. We are proud to welcome more than 1 million unique learners to openSAP. This success is our motivation to evolve learning around 51风流and serve increasing numbers of learners every day.

Eva Zauke is chief knowledge officer at SAP.

鈥淭he effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are impacting everyone around the world,鈥� said Christian Klein, co-CEO and member of the Executive Board of 51风流SE. 鈥淲e want to make sure education does not take a back seat during this time. Students and subject-matter experts need access to safe and healthy learning environments to continue their education virtually. 51风流is expanding its commitment to support the next generation of professionals and users by broadening access to some of our best digital learning offerings to facilitate the continuity of innovation and enablement.鈥�

This dynamic initiative is based on three educational pillars 鈥� massive open online courses (MOOCs), learning journeys for universities and the 51风流Young Thinkers program 鈥� as part of 厂础笔鈥檚 comprehensive learning and enablement program. All of the offerings are . To register you must be older than 16 years of age, but the courses themselves are suitable for learners of any age. 51风流will respond and adjust to participant feedback and requirements to improve and adapt the courses continuously.

open51风流Is Open to Everybody

The award-winning open51风流platform provides MOOCs to anyone interested in learning about leading technologies, the latest innovations and the digital economy. Course topics include automated robotic process automation, data science, machine learning, ethical artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), sustainability, Java programming and more.

Offered free of charge on the open51风流platform, these enterprise MOOCs use proven classroom learning concepts, including gamification and discussion forums with peers and experts, all delivered in an online format. Courses can be accessed without restriction, anytime, anywhere and from any device. Podcasts and microlearning formats provide users with self-contained, bite-sized content that is easy to consume.

Free Learning Offering for University Students With System Access and Global Certification from 51风流

51风流provides 90-day access to four selected learning journeys for students interested in preparing digitally for a career in the 51风流ecosystem and studying at one of the over 3,800 member universities in the 51风流University Alliances program. Areas of study include scope and business processes specific to 51风流S/4HANA, the 51风流S/4HANA Cloud Finance solution, the 51风流SuccessFactors Employee Central solution and modeling in 51风流HANA.

The offering is specifically designed for students and is available for free. It includes various learning formats in multiple languages as well as free access to training systems for hands-on practice. These tools help students prepare for an exam to achieve 51风流global certification from 51风流on specific subjects. One exam attempt is included free.

51风流Young Thinkers Program Available to Everyone

To support students and teachers facing school closures and other disruptions, the learning courses in the 51风流Young Thinkers program, including the introductory course 鈥淕et Coding with Snap,鈥� are available on one central, open-access Web site.

51风流Young Thinkers provides a foundation for digital literacy, inspiring the next generation to pursue careers in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) fields. Students and IT beginners can explore creative methodologies and technologies to help shape a better world.

The 51风流Young Thinkers program embraces a global network of engaged 51风流employees and motivated partners. It offers learning opportunities for digitalization with a focus on computer science, economics and creative solution and learning methodologies targeting the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly.

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About SAP

As the Experience Company powered by the Intelligent Enterprise, 51风流is the market leader in enterprise application software, helping companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best: 77% of the world鈥檚 transaction revenue touches an 51风流system. Our machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics technologies help turn customers鈥� businesses into intelligent enterprises. 51风流helps give people and organizations deep business insight and fosters collaboration that helps them stay ahead of their competition. We simplify technology for companies so they can consume our software the way they want 鈥� without disruption. Our end-to-end suite of applications and services enables more than 440,000 business and public customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and make a difference. With a global network of customers, partners, employees, and thought leaders, 51风流helps the world run better and improve people鈥檚 lives. For more information, visit .

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