Ensure your people APPLY their learning
Bridge the gap between formal learning programs (courses and content) and application of the learning at the workplace.
Organise and control the additional activities your people need to do beyond courses and content to apply your training at the workplace and achieve performance improvement.
You can now bridge the gap between your formal learning programs (courses and content) and application of the learning at the workplace.
To increase the effectiveness of your learning solutions you need to overcome your biggest challenge:
How you can organise and control the additional activities your people need to do beyond courses and content to apply your training at the workplace and achieve performance improvement.
But why is there currently a gap?
Most current learning systems deliver and track formal learning. Learning & Development lose control of learning application post-training. We need to maintain continuous contact with actions that apply learning:
- Completing on-the-job tasks
- Completing real-world assignments
- Engaging line managers in supporting and confirming their team’s performance achievement
- Discussions with peers and subject experts also confirm performance levels
- Observed and evaluated assessments by coaches and mentors
These actions cannot be directly integrated into current learning systems
Training courses
E-learning modules
Virtual classrooms
Digital content libraries
Integrated online support from peers and subject expert
Work-related Assignments
Performance/competence Assessments
Collaboration apps
Coaching and mentoring
We call these Performance-based activities. Activities that apply learning in the flow of work
Let's look at these performance-based activities that support continuous learning
Assessments
Demonstrable Performance Improvements
We can now include performance-focused assessments where learners demonstrate competence by submitting video and written and observed evidence.
Learners can be asked to record selfie video content via their webcams or smartphones directly into the vLearning Platform.
Assignments Supported with Coaching and Mentoring
Supported Workplace Learning Application
Learners complete practical assignments at the workplace, at a time convenient to them and at their own pace. Assignments can be individual-based, or they can be collaborative with other learners.
Now we can offer coaching and mentoring from peers, subject matter experts or line managers, directly linked to workplace assignments before submission and feedback from them afterwards.
Discussions for Personalisation
Learning Context and Clarification
We can now ensure learners understand how formal, generalised learning applies to them personally, in their specific role.
We can link discussions with people who can provide context and clarification – line managers, peers and subject experts who know what is expected regarding performance levels.
Typically these interactions may be facilitated using a social networking system separate from the learning system. As a result, the knowledge transfer and performance support provided are disconnected from the learning and will not be captured and recognised.
Collaboration
Knowledge Share
Social learning features mean learners connect, share insights, and build networks online.
Peer-to-peer learning and knowledge-sharing mean communities of practice develop naturally.
We can now capture evidence of the individual’s performance, and gain a complete application audit trail.
When performance based activities are correctly sequenced and involve learners, peers, managers and experts in the application process we have a learning workflow.
Learning workflows engineer a series of activities including
consuming content but also supporting experimentation, reflection, skill practice, and feedback from peers and experts.
So “Performance-based activities” in “learning workflows”.
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One platform, many uses
The versatility of the vLearning Platform means you can tackle most performance improvement challenges thrown your way.