During the Covid19 pandemic, GTK pivoted our training focus to run courses for corporate clients at their own schedule. Most of our custom courses run between two to four days including a live, technically realistic training environment component. We recognize that it’s really difficult for students to get the most out of a virtual class if the class is eight hours straight. So for our virtual classes, we established a program that favors shorter classes spread out over multiple days. This is easily applied using our modular custom course structure.
For example, we completed a provided an Applied Data Science for Cybersecurity course for a major tech company. We initially created the entirely customized course for the company using our modules, with specific, nuanced tweaks to accommodate the company’s data security needs. The class was originally slated to be in-person over two days, but this became practically impossible during the pandemic. Instead, we split the course into four sessions of approximately four hours each and delivered the course one day per week, over four weeks.
Within the virtual setting, the students appreciated the improved course experience and provided GTK with positive feedback. The company appreciated our flexibility and hired us to teach an additional session during week five. This bonus session covered additional materials that we suggested and compiled specifically to accommodate the company’s requests for supplemental training. We were asked to work again with this company in 2021.
