Alvanon, a global fashion innovations company, announced its recent launch of MOTIF, a unique apparel e-learning hub that will help solve the skills’ gap that is in the global apparel industry.
The motif.org platform will provide apparel industry practitioners access to online training, as well as professional development and mentorship from some of the industry’s most successful and seasoned professionals.
To start, MOTIF will launch four interactive courses from three course publishers, including Alvanon, Textile and Fashion Industry Training Centre and Pratt’s Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator.
User will be able to complete the courses at their own pace through on-demand videos, interactive exercises and assessments. Initial courses offered are Apparel Costing: Mechanics of Fit, Sustainability in Fashion, and The Fit Form: A Critical Standard for Product Development.
“MOTIF’s mission is to empower industry professionals with critical skills to readily apply in their job and to further their careers, as well as helps apparel organizations with on-boarding and up-skilling training materials and assessment tools suitable for new and old employees. We are tackling a critical industry need that surfaced in our 2018 State of Skills Report,” explained Catherine Cole, Executive Director, MOTIF.
With the support of 50 companies from large brands to specialist players across the fashion supply word, Alvanon was able to test MOTIF courses and the overall user-learning experienced on their beta platform. The end-user feedback was then added to fine-tune the design of MOTIF’s learning environment.
“Education has long been part of the DNA of Alvanon,” explained Janice Wang, CEO, Alvanon. “Technology has always been a catalyst for transformation in apparel. Alvanon’s founder Dr. Kenneth Wang was fascinated by the power of technologies to transform the world of sizing, lift limits on creativity and commerce, and open vast new horizons of opportunity.” She added, “I’m delighted to announce the launch of MOTIF – it uses the most advanced technologies to deliver an e-learning environment that will develop and nurture the skills our industry so desperately needs and will help future proof businesses in a rapidly evolving world.”
To learn more about MOTIF’s courses and material, please visit motif.org.
