One of the biggest benefits
of online learning in your company over classroom sessions is that online learning can be
continuous, hence enabling reinforcement, application and assessment of the
topic. The online medium should theoretically make it extremely easy to do this.
It seems ridiculously obvious
that any online or blended training program should experience this benefit. Is
that really the case for you? If yes, how easily were you able to reap this
benefit? If no, you are in company of an overwhelming majority.
When this benefit is ascribed to online learning, it carries some underlying assumptions that are not so obvious. A bit of digging into the assumptions makes it obvious as to why this benefit has stayed on paper. Let us look at these assumptions.
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The content is chunked in small modules that can be
used for learning at periodic intervals. This seems obvious as there is only so
much time that an employee can regularly spend on structured learning.
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It is possible to create or evolve such continuous
learning material in a very short time. More pertinent to business the content, more
the need to keep it up to date with latest business changes.
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You are able to slice or merge the content based on
the feedback you are getting from the continuous learning.
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The content is available on any device at any time.
While the “any time” condition is easily satisfied, most online training content
and learning systems are not device agnostic. Even when they claim to be, the
learning experience on mobile devices is severely compromised.
·
The management of the continuous learning content and
the learning results is so simple that any employee in your company should be
able to do it.
How many of the above
conditions are satisfied by your online learning environment? Unless all these
elements come together, online learning will remain a fringe strategy for you
and you will continue to rely heavily on classroom training sessions.
Is your LMS and your content
creation ecosystem using traditional authoring tools really giving you the
benefits you deserve?
Nittio Learn is a learning
automation platform that will enable you to finally derive all the benefits
that online learning has promised but never delivered. Check it out at
www.nittiolearn.com or send us an email at hello@nittio.com.
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