Discendum Oy

Discendum Oy has been successfully inspiring its customers in the implementation of high-quality online learning projects since 2001.

Finnish company Discendum offers efficient online services for managing learning and competencies as well as produces consulting services for organisations of all sizes. Their customers consist of companies from different sectors, educational institutions, public administration organisations and different associations and NGO’s.

Discendum is a well-known and respected developer and service provider of online environments and was established in 2001. They are located in several cities in Finland.

In addition to being a Totara Learn Platinum Partner, Discendum’s product portfolio consists of two learning managemet systems called Optima and Priima, ePortfolio platform Kyvyt.fi, Open Badge Factory and Open Badge Passport services.

Not only do they have experts who have been in the online learning business from the mid ‘90s, they have also welcomed younger employees in recent years that bring new perspectives to their operations.

Long-lasting customer relationships, high level of customer satisfaction and continuing product development in cooperation with their customers are especially important to them. Their goal is to understand their customer’s business and needs and to support the customer in utilising the service in the best possible way.

For Totara, they offer a range of hosting, consultancy, implementation, theme design and support services in Finland. Discendum has been a Totara partner right from the beginning.

Partner story – Discendum Oy Helps Customers in Finland Embrace the Freedom to Learn

Discendum Oy has been successfully inspiring its customers in the implementation of high-quality online learning projects since 2001. They offer efficient online services for managing learning and competencies as well as providing consulting services for organisations of all sizes in the Finnish market.

We spoke to Nilüfer Piirainen on their experiences as a Totara Partner.

Why did you become a Totara Partner?

“There were a lot of business customers using Moodle that needed a trustworthy and professionally developed solution in place of Moodle that was otherwise thought to be a good platform.”

How has Totara impacted your business?

“We have successfully broadened our customer base as planned. We have increased our recognisability in the Finnish corporate world as a good and reliable Totara Learn service provider.”

What do your customers say about Totara?

“Totara Learn stood out from the options available in the market because the platform was versatile and cost efficient. In addition, the platform was ready for use and didn’t need customising. Because there are so many settings and ways to use the service, we have found a way to do things to meet nearly all of our needs. Totara Learn was different from its rivals also because the learning platform has been built with businesses in mind.”

“Very flexible and versatile learning management system for content creators.”

“User friendly.”

“Totara can be used to do a lot of things – a solution can always be found despite different users having different needs.”

What are your greatest achievements to date as a Totara Partner?

One of our greatest achievements has been significantly improving skills development at a corporate level for our major customers.

For instance, our LMS for RAY has improved the user experience and made it easier for managers to track performance through the use of Totara Learn’s certifications and reports.

We also helped our customer Patria implement Totara Learn, and they have managed to derive more value from their training sessions by supplementing face-to-face sessions with e-learning to systematically manage their standardised qualification process.