New Year, New Learning - Webanywhere considers the case for a social based model
More employees are now on the hunt for ever-quicker methods to acquire workplace learning. Arguably this trend could be considered risky in a business context, given that real time communications can't always be moderated. But in a broader sense, what does social based learning mean for business L&D – and how has it already changed things?
Recent years have witnessed the proliferation of mobile devices
capable of running platforms for real time interaction with others.
Given the easy accessibility of such platforms, employees are now
on the hunt for ever-quicker methods to acquire workplace
learning.
Arguably this trend towards social learning could be considered
high-risk in a business context, given that communications can't
always moderated. But in a broader sense, what does it mean for
workplace learning going forward - and how has it already changed
things? This Slideshare presentation from Webanywhere considers some of these
issues.
Some of the topics covered by the presentation include:-
- The benefits of a less prescriptive approach to learning.
- The risk of creating a virtual 'ghost town' with less
interactive, prescriptive approaches.
- The rise and rise of 'on the fly' learning that creates instant
interaction and peer/manager recognition.
The presentation considers the future for social based learning and
concludes that although new learning platforms are already being
developed to provide this pull element of learning, a big question
remains how these can incorporate the full suite of learning that
an LMS does. Perhaps we're all still waiting for the next platform
innovation that will revolutionise online learning…