How Adecco Academy Transformed Distance Learning into a Catalyst for Success

Training Center Directors and VET Managers: Are you sure your virtual classroom tools aren’t the weak link in your pedagogical value chain?

Learner engagement is vital, but trainer buy-in is just as crucial. A rigid platform, perceived as a mere meeting tool, creates friction: a drop in engagement, higher dropout rates, and, more subtly, resistance from instructors toward the remote format.

The Adecco CFA (recruitment professions) chose Glowbl because it aligns perfectly with its pedagogical DNA. The results speak for themselves. Here is a summary of the testimonial provided by Mélanie Pottier, Director of the CFA, and Fabienne Brevi Calandra, Trainer.

1. The Pedagogical Challenge: Meeting tools are not training tools

The Adecco CFA built its state-certified degree (RNCP) on a demanding 15-month journey. The stakes are massive: 78% of the training is delivered remotely, with entire weeks and full days spent in a virtual classroom. Such a pace tolerates no technical flaws.

Mélanie Pottier’s observation is clear:

«Of course, during the health crisis, we asked trainers to adapt their pedagogy to remote content. But we had to admit that using Teams was complicated for both facilitation and collaboration.»

Fabienne Brevi Calandra, a trainer for the CFA, specifies that the failure of classic tools stems from two points:

• The Learning Environment: “My big difficulty with Teams is primarily that it is a meeting tool.” For learners, “they aren’t arriving for training; they are arriving for a meeting.”
• Pedagogical Constraints: Teams forced a total redesign of the syllabus because it was impossible to apply “form-actions,” hands-on practice, or role-playing in pairs. The trainer lacked “visibility into sub-group rooms” and could not easily “share documents.”

Switching to Glowbl allowed the trainer to regain her freedom:

« I’m doing face-to-face teaching, remotely.” “Everything I do in person, I can now do at a distance. »

2. The Glowbl Effect: Active pedagogy without compromise

Glowbl served as a vehicle for pedagogical transformation and cohesion by allowing trainers to apply essential group work methods:

• Restriction-free Pedagogy: Fabienne confirms: “I use exactly the same lesson plans, the same pedagogical sequences, and the same activities. I don’t have to rework my materials at all.”
• Sub-group Work: The platform allows learners to work in small groups or pairs, and to “share and send the specific documents they need,” even if they are working on different themes.
• A Place to Belong: The classroom is accessible via a single link; “their class is their space.” For 15 months, this space is exclusive to the cohort, fostering strong group cohesion.
• Organized Informality: Dedicated spaces (like “Table 9”) are used for breaks with “relaxing music,” a “coffee corner,” or feedback sessions. “We use a dedicated table layout that differentiates the atmosphere and puts everyone at ease for sharing,” notes Fabienne.
• Spontaneous Co-construction: Learners use the platform for autonomous revision or to “chat and exchange because they need to build social links.”

3.The Script : Your pedagogical assistant

Glowbl’s “Script” tool is a unique asset that goes beyond facilitation to support design, capitalization, and traceability.

View Fabienne’s Glowbl space:

• Design and Capitalization Tool: Fabienne has all her pedagogical scripts “created in Glowbl” and can reuse them across seven different cohorts, requiring only a simple adjustment based on the number of participants. This content is a “pedagogical asset” that can be preserved and shared.
• Live Logistics Assistant: The script allows for “sequence by sequence” setup of content and animation tools, allowing the trainer to stay “focused on the group dynamics.”
• Flexibility: It can be modified at any time to adapt to the group’s energy or personalities.
• Data Traceability: At the end of the session, the Script compiles all necessary data: shared resources, poll results, and attendance times.

4. Managing Change: Intuitive ergonomics and human support

For a Training Center Director, switching to a new tool must be secure. The Glowbl team made support a priority to guarantee total adoption.
Fabienne testifies to the fluidity of this transition:

«First of all, it’s quite intuitive… I was really well supported and trained by the Glowbl team, who are very available… I could call the trainer back, and she would give me her tips and advice.»

The tool is “extremely intuitive,” the opposite of other solutions that would require you to “be an IT specialist” to use them. This simplicity and human support are the guarantees of total trainer buy-in (reaching 100% satisfaction with the tool).

5. Quality Indicators (KPIs) that prove success…