Have you ever walked into a shop for one thing and left with something even better that you hadn\u2019t even thought of? Well, that\u2019s about to happen again right now. Yes, you came for an LMS that would drive your corporate training, but a learning platform will help you do it in a way that engages employees, gives them the tools to learn for themselves and offers so much more!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The basic principles are the same, by moving to e-learning you\u2019re removing the physical and geographical barriers to training, meaning there\u2019s more freedom and lower costs. But, who wants basic? An LMS has the top-down structure of assigning courses that need to be completed, with employees only really applying learnings after they\u2019ve completed it. Essentially you\u2019ve just swapped the classroom for an online portal and there\u2019s still a student-teacher vibe.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
In a learning platform, everybody is both student and teacher and able to find resources for themselves whenever they need to. Instead of knowledge being confined to one system, learning platforms interact with other applications and create content libraries that make internal and external resources searchable. They also allow people to contribute knowledge and content they found useful, enabling a culture where you\u2019re all learning from each other.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
We need to cover this first because it influences so much of how a learning platform can supercharge your corporate training experiences. Having access to high-quality external and internal content means you can set up learning pathways tailored to someone\u2019s role, skills they\u2019d like to develop and personal traits they\u2019re keen to improve.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Most importantly, you can customise it for that person. If you know that they\u2019re visual learners, include a webinar! If they\u2019ve got a long drive to the office, is there a podcast they could listen to en route?\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
If your welcome at the company feels slick, engaging and more personal, you\u2019re more likely to feel positive and productive as you settle in. If it\u2019s a case of \u2018here\u2019s a course, let us know when you\u2019ve finished it\u2019, you\u2019ll probably be having second thoughts! Tap into the benefits of a learning platform and you\u2019ll be noticing onboarding<\/a> smiles, not receiving people\u2019s notice\u2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n As well as personalising their onboarding process, you can use your learning platform to connect them with knowledgeable colleagues and the insights they\u2019ve shared. They\u2019ll not only get to know the company and their role, but they\u2019ll learn about the people too! It\u2019s also you saviour for ensuring their resources arrive right on time, as you can automate delivery to the learner based on criteria you select. If you\u2019re not early, you\u2019re late\u2014especially when it comes to your new joiners.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Make the mandatory manageable and a lot more interesting! If there was ever one part of corporate training that needed a learning platform makeover, it\u2019s compliance training<\/a>. They\u2019re important, need to be completed accurately, and yet they always feel like an onslaught of one-hour videos and never-ending articles.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Why not break those up with some quick recap videos or a quiz that reinforces the key points? With more content types and providers available, you should consider those best suited to your compliance course and learners before creating it. It should be based on how they\u2019ll learn and retain the information best. If you were to use HowNow, people would even be able to share their thoughts and advice on topics within the course, without having to leave the platform!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Wouldn\u2019t it be handy to understand which skills you need to develop and track progress towards those skills? It would certainly help close any skill gaps! While an LMS focuses on the courses people complete, learning platforms are all about the skills they develop. Most allow you to measure current proficiency and deliver a course that levels up members of your team. In HowNow, we even analyse live job roles to help you benchmark and identify in-demand skills.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n If you needed damning evidence of why the \u2018course, test, apply\u2019 model doesn\u2019t really work, look no further than the statistics below. Although you might want to sit down first\u2026 The point is that people typically forget a lot of what they\u2019ve learnt! So the onus is on you to make the assessments in your courses more engaging to help that knowledge. Or, even better, ensure that the key points are available to access any time.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Source: Learning Solutions<\/a><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Let\u2019s say you\u2019re creating a course on a particular product. Maybe it ends with a quiz that\u2019s available as a resource once they\u2019ve completed it, making the key questions and answers easy to find. Or maybe it\u2019s sales training, and the best way to retain the tips and develop the skills is through practice scenarios. Why not incorporate them into the course AND make them available any time after? Practice makes perfect!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n We\u2019ve covered a lot of this already, but when people can find knowledge in the moments of need<\/a>, it makes them better at their job. A customer service team is a perfect example of this. If the knowledge they need is locked away in an LMS, they\u2019ll struggle to present an informed and convincing argument to potential customers. However, if they can access resources at any time, they\u2019ll be able to bat away questions at ease and create more meaningful experiences for clients and prospects.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Again, we\u2019re repeating ourselves a little bit here. But it\u2019s important to highlight that sometimes the best resource is somebody in your team! If there\u2019s a colleague that\u2019s super efficient at adding new customers to your system, they should be sharing their tips with everyone else<\/a>. And that\u2019s what a learning platform allows you to do! We like to call them nuggets in HowNow, and not just because sharing knowledge tastes so good…<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCompliance training that connects<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h3>\r\n
Upskilling and closing skill gaps<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n
Better assessments: quizzes, practice scenarios and more<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h3>\r\n
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Share knowledge, learn from each other<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n