We are all involved in learning and we are all involved in educating others. It has been changing at a dizzying pace. Here is some great insight from The Institute for Digital Transformation (“The Institute”) exists at the intersection of a think tank, an analyst/research firm, trusted advisors and system developers. Through their network of Institute Fellows, they explore the impacts on companies and their leaders as we transition from the Industrial to the Digital Era.
Learning, may it be academic or corporate, has almost entirely migrated to online or remote in just a few months from the onset of the pandemic. Schools hurriedly implemented learning management systems (LMS) to deliver blended learning, combining synchronous and asynchronous modalities.
On the other hand, corporate learning moved their delivery from a predominantly classroom modality to online. This presented a host of challenges. For one, the older generations of employee learners, the Baby Boomers and older Generation X, require the highest degree of personalized learning and the lowest degree of independence from others. They need a more personally focused learning structure, classroom delivery, and in-class participation, reflection, and feedback to bring them more directly into the process, which many corporate trainers are struggling to adapt into an online delivery.
In the corporate world before Covid-19, learning and development (L &D) departments would normally conduct training needs analysis, understand the skills gaps, and create and conduct training in a classroom setting. The learning experience of the learners involve getting announcements from L&D on the available trainings and sitting in classroom-style delivery where the trainer influences the majority of the learner’s experience. The same is true in the academic world, where students are constrained to how the teacher designs and delivers the subject matter.
In the online learning environment, it is more challenging to achieve your learning outcomes. Distractions at home abound. Not to mention limitations in internet speeds and technologies.
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