A case study on how Ballistic Learning helped Empower School of Health in implementation of Moodle LMS for Skills Education for NSDC.

1. Key Challenges
EMPOWER PRAGATI
Ballistic Learning helps Empower Pragati to expand the reach of its skill
training initiatives through the use of e-Learning Portal.
Overview
Empower Pragati is an India-based private sector social enterprise specializing in livelihood
skill development to empower India’s disadvantaged youth. The venture focuses on
innovative vocational and skill straining programs that seek to create sustainable
livelihoods for the urban and rural poor. Empower Pragati is an Investee company of the
National Skills Development Corporation of India.
“Empower Pragati’s vision is to transform the
weakest and the most vulnerable segments
of our society,viz. girls, minorities, school
drop outs, migrants and disabledinto
empowered, financially-secure, productive
human assets.”
Prof. P. Lalvani
Director & Co-founder, Empower Pragati
.
EP's three main goals are:
• Conducting skill development programs for unemployed
youth
• Conducting skill development programs in schools and
colleges
• Conducting skill development programs for vulnerable
youth - women, juveniles, disabled

2. CHALLENGE
As with most skill development entity in India in recent times, Empower Pragati was under
pressure to reach out and train large numbers of people. Setting up on ground centers,
recruiting trainers and monitoring quality were investment and infrastructure intensive
options. Initiating e-learning and taking majority of their training to the net was the only
viable scaling solution available. The requirement from Empower Pragati also needed to
be turned around within a small time frame. To address these challenges and get the
project quickly off the ground, EP was seeking partner with prior expertise in e-learning
who could advise, develop and deploy the system.
EP reached out to Ballistic Learning to assist on the same.
SOLUTION
Ballistic Learning partnered with EP and advised on various facets of e-Learning, such as:
Ø Sharing evidence based e-Learning deployment best practices
Ø Assisting EP in discovering and firming up their requirements
Ballistic Learning first showcased Moodle LMS functionality and advantages to assist EP
in taking their final decision on LMS. Once Moodle was identified as the LMS best suited
for the implementation, BL undertook the following tasks:
Ø Branding and Configuring Moodle to align to firmed up requirements
Ø Training EP staff in Moodle administration
Ø Assisting EP staff in populating Moodle with instructional resources and
assessments
Ø Sharing rapid e-learning content development knowledge with EP with regard to
effective content authoring tools and their usage
Ø Hosting and Support of EP's Moodle LMS
Why EP chose Ballistic Learning
EP was keen to work with a vendor that had a broad range of deployment experience -
LMS deployment, training, hosting infrastructure, e-learning pedagogy expertise. They
were satisfied with BL portfolio and experience.