CEO and Lead Instructional Designer & Learning Strategist Leah Chang teamed with Lambda Solutions to reflect on the challenges and breakthroughs of the past year and a half, and what these seismic changes mean for business owners.
If you missed our live webinar on How Online Learning Delivery Tools Are Changing the Business Landscape on July 15, you can now watch it below.
Here are the five key takeaways and questions to ask yourself on how your eLearning strategy currently stands and how it fits with the changing business landscape today.
1. Better Employee Experiences
There’s been a shift from a mostly in-office, standard-hours experience to the flexible, work-from-home arrangements COVID-19 ushered in. Many employees now don’t want to let go of these developments.
- How well are you using social learning tools?
- What continued learning supports do you offer employees?
2. Acceptance of eLearning (finally!)
Companies are becoming more receptive to eLearning and they now have a better understanding of whaat it entails, how to analyze performance and how to action results.
- Do you take full advantage of reporting features to optimize learning experiences?
3. Increased agility in learning experience design
Better tools, more realistic expectations and greater flexibility around both tools and eLearning partners has led to greater LXD agility. In other words: “Pilot. Then iterate.”
- Can your learning tools support new delivery?
- What tools are you leveraging in your LXD?
4. Online learning IS the business
eLearning is now within reach of most if not all organizations; it’s become more tangible and easier for business owners to conceptualize and action. Business are more committed to investing in the learning technology that’s helped them navigate COVID-19.
5. Increased accessibility & inclusion
In the past, organizations baulked at the cost of accessibility or protested that they didn’t have any users with disabilities to accommodate. We’re going through a sea change — businesses are getting serious about diversity, equity and inclusion, and EDI includes people with disabilities. It’s no longer okay for learning to not be accessible!
- Can your organization meet WCAG 2.0 accessibility standards?
Moving forward with eLearning
Insights to consider as the online learning industry moves forward:
- We’ve come a long way! Don’t stagnate — keep growing
- Continue advocating for learning and development technology at the business table
- Invest in robust and agile online learning tools, and the right people to use them
- Set high expectations for learner engagement and quality learning experiences (blended or hybrid)
- Integrate, integrate, integrate. Keep streamlining your tech stack. Demand Single Source of Truth (SSOT).
- Lead the way in accessibility and inclusion. Deliver WCAG-compliant learning now.
Contact us to learn more about how Leah Chang Learning can support you with eLearning consulting and online tools that will heIp your organization.
