Company:
DEHOGA Akademie, AHGZ – Allgemeine Hotel- und Gastronomie-Zeitung, Mediadidact
Project Timeline:
More than 3 years from the initial consultation
Services:
- Development of a flexible online learning portal
- Optimization for desktop computers, smartphones, and tablets
- Automatic saving of learning progress
- Multilingual courses
- Certificates awarded upon course completion
- Badge system for documenting and sharing achievements
Summary:
With hogafit.de, DEHOGA Akademie, AHGZ – Allgemeine Hotel- und Gastronomie-Zeitung, and Mediadidact created an innovative eLearning portal that provides employees in the hotel and restaurant industry with a flexible and modern way to continue their professional development. The portal can be used across multiple devices and automatically saves learning progress, allowing users to continue their courses seamlessly. Companies can also provide their own customized content and track their employees’ learning progress.
Challenge
The Challenge:
What challenges or problems was the client facing that the project was intended to solve?
Goals and Requirements:
What were the specific goals and requirements the project needed to meet?
Challenge
The Challenge:
The hotel and restaurant industry presents unique challenges when it comes to employee training due to irregular working hours and shift-based schedules. Many employees find it difficult to attend traditional training sessions because they are tied to specific times and locations. There was also a need to provide training in multiple languages to accommodate an international workforce.
Goals and Requirements:
The primary goal of the project was to develop a flexible and user-friendly eLearning portal that would allow employees to continue their professional development anytime and from any device. The portal needed to offer multilingual courses, automatically save learning progress, and issue certificates upon successful course completion. In addition, companies needed the ability to track employee progress and provide their own customized learning content.
Solution
Our Approach:
To address these requirements, we developed a modern and intuitive platform that can be accessed from both desktop computers and mobile devices. We used responsive web design techniques and a robust backend infrastructure to ensure that the portal is stable, reliable, and easy to use. Automatic progress saving was implemented to provide a seamless learning experience. Multilingual support and a badge system were also added to help motivate users and recognize their achievements.
Key Features:
Responsive Design:
A user interface optimized for desktop computers, smartphones, and tablets.
Automatic Progress Saving:
Learning progress is automatically saved and can be accessed across devices.
Multilingual Support:
Courses are available in multiple languages to support an international audience.
Certificates and Badges:
Users receive certificates upon completing courses and can collect badges that can be shared on social media.
Company Administration:
Company administrators can invite employees, assign courses, track learning progress, and add their own customized content.
Results
Project Results:
The hogafit.de eLearning portal successfully achieved the project’s objectives. It provides employees in the hotel and restaurant industry with a flexible and efficient way to continue their professional development. The platform’s ease of use and automatic progress-saving functionality have contributed to strong user adoption and engagement.
Benefits for the Client:
Flexibility:
Employees can access training anytime and from virtually anywhere.
Motivation:
The badge system and certificates help increase employee motivation and encourage course completion.
Internal Corporate Training:
Companies can integrate their own content and monitor employee progress, enabling more targeted and efficient professional development.
