Increasing Scope Of Online LMS At Workplace - Is Traditional Learning A Thing Of The Past?

Gone are the days when classroom-based training was imparted and it is the time to adopt e-learning approach that perfectly aligns with the pertinent needs of all. The traditional training approach is time-consuming, less interactive and inefficient, not appropriate to the needs of all. So, traditional learning is dead and the use of robust online Learning Management Systems (LMSs) is rising with changing demands of the new-age workforce.

As per Ebbenhaus’ Forgetting Curve, learners retain only 10% of information after one week of training. The only way to recover what they forgot is by delivering continuous learning sessions at regular intervals. It is not just grabbing knowledge at once, but putting time and effort to learn during the entire process. Consequently, it helps to seek the maximum return on investment through continuous learning experience, without wasting your budgets on obsolete training strategies.

Changing Learning Behavior to Meet Future Organizational Goals

In today’s modern scenario, the pace at which knowledge is transferred is evolving with the change in learning behavioral patterns. Bloom’s Taxonomy model makes it possible to address this challenge and track the entire learning journey from beginning to the end. At the initial stage, trainers impart knowledge and learners revise what they have learned. Moving forward to the next stage, learners face more challenges including understanding of the context, seeking knowledge and applying it to real-life situations.

Apart from handling changed learning behaviors, organizations need to revive their online learning strategy. They build a solution which allows modern employees to learn at their own pace, without any hassle of going anywhere. Outlined below are some of the crucial elements responsible for aligning with future learning needs of organizational workforce:

·         Provide chunked content

In today’s digital age, learners find it easy to access short and crisp course modules rather than a boring, long-duration course. For this, LMS is responsively designed so that courses are compatible with personalized mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. This allows the mobile device users to access courses as per their convenience of time and place.

·         Incorporate gaming elements

To make learning more fun and exciting, different kinds of gaming elements in the form of badges, scores and points are included with e-learning. Learners are motivated to participate as teams, earn points for the right answer and get rewards on successful completion of a training program. As a result, it improves learner engagement and retention levels, leading to improved learning efficiency and workplace productivity.

·         Incorporate social learning experience

For learning to be utmost effective, it is significant to embed the social factor and drive an informal learning experience at workplace. People learn from each other and share new ideas, so it is important to drive social collaboration which acts as a bridge between learning and behavior.

With technological advancement and use of efficient LMSs, more number of organizations are shifting from old training methods towards engaging online learning solutions, thereby changing the face of workplace training and attaining organizational success.