Learning platforms: Indispensable partners in the digital age
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With the rapid progress of technology and increasing cost pressure, many companies are confronted with pressure to increase efficiency. This makes learning platforms such as Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Learning Experience Platforms (LXP) a must
With the rapid progress of technology and increasing cost pressure, many companies are confronted with pressure to increase efficiency. This makes learning platforms such as Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Learning Experience Platforms (LXP) particularly attractive. They not only enable companies to meet the urgent need for continuous development, but also to remain attractive as employers for new specialists.
Learning in the workplace should primarily be platform-based today
The introduction of new areas of knowledge and the promotion of a new learning culture pose major challenges for companies. It is the responsibility of the division Learning & Development, to create a clear and appealing learning environment that is digital and technology-based and that both individual development as well Cooperation and exchange of knowledge promotes.
Modern learning platforms such as LMS and LXP offer ideal solutions here. They relieve the burden on Learning & Development, enable professional development and upskilling of employees, represent success on a numerical basis and at the same time promote personal development and the strategic focus of the company.
Platform-based learning offers three key benefits:
Benefit 1: Save costs
Compared to traditional training programs, online courses and training courses are often more cost-effective and enable employees to acquire new expertise and competencies flexibly and without interfering with their daily work flow.
Benefit 2: Digital learning opportunities retain employees
Learning platforms can help employees work better together and commit themselves to the company in the long term: Employers who invest in professional development and continuing education are particularly popular today. Applicants are aware today that the world is not standing still. They are interested in developments and in not being left behind. Comprehensive learning opportunities are therefore on the list of measures for Improving employee retention way up.
Organizations that further develop the competencies of their workforce can currently benefit. For example, the 2022 Engagement Index Germany report “This is how Germany thinks about its jobs” shows that only 29 percent of respondents are convinced that their own organization is doing enough to successfully master future challenges. Trust is therefore falling annually (2019:41%, 2020 36% and 2021:34) — according to the results of market and opinion research institute Gallup. It can therefore be worthwhile for companies to position themselves clearly on the subject of future-oriented learning and learning culture.
Benefit 3: Ensuring sustainability
Learning platforms therefore not only contribute to employee retention, but also to the efficient transfer of knowledge and assist in finding information quickly. All content is in one place and it is easier to ensure targeted upskilling. Because — whether it's technological change or cost pressure — as a result of current changes, it is not only important to carry out tasks more efficiently, but also with new competencies. With a learning platform HR managers identify gaps early on, identify needs more quickly and can react to them more quicklyto provide learning content or training.
Learning platforms are a must today
Especially with modern e-learning, companies can provide needs-based training and take learners' individual preferences into account. Platform-based learning thus solves a company's current challenges: cost pressure, change in know-how, the need to stay up to date with the right skills and to position oneself efficiently and modernly.
Ideally, an LMS and an LXP are combined
This is because learning experience platforms do not aim to replace classic learning management systems, but ideally to meet the various needs even better and complement each other.
Today's platforms support individualized learning, tailored to users' personal preferences, areas of interest or even the search behavior of users. In this way, data is collected for personnel development and learning content is compiled in an individualized way.
Learning platforms thus ensure a clear overview of the entire range of learning and knowledge offerings and help to make the organization and employees fit for the future. They are therefore today A must for every future-oriented company, who is interested in a modern world of learning and working.
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