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10 Easy Ways To Support Your Learning Initiatives
Many Learning & Development and HR departments are starting to
use their organisation’s Intranets or Extranets to support
their learning events. Increasingly this key corporate
communication tool is becoming a major catalyst for enhancing
and embedding training and learning initiatives into the
business.
Solutions can be simple or complex and range from event
specific initiatives to organisational wide strategic
Academies. However, the following gives examples of some of
the options available and offers a flavour of the many online
ideas companies of all sizes are using to optimise the
effectiveness of their learning and development initiatives.
- Set-up an online library for all
supporting learning resources that allows learners to
search the content by date, course, competency, skill,
function or format.
- Set-up e-mail alerts so
that participants can subscribe to particular resource
groups (see above), thereby being e-mailed whenever a new
or updated document is added to the library.
- Provide as much pre and post event
material via your Intranet as possible. This can range
from downloadable case studies and exercises to e-learning
applications and 180° / 360° assessment which can be used
to evaluate existing skills and knowledge.
- Try to move as much of
the administration online by making joining instructions,
training consultant profiles, delegate lists and location
maps available on your Intranet then e-mailing links to
the participants. This makes version control easier,
reduces problems with firewalls and forces participants to
visit the Intranet where they are exposed to other
learning material.
- If possible undertake course assessment or
evaluations using online questionnaires, not only can the
feedback be aggregated instantly but graphical reports are
produced automatically. You can also compare any
pre-course assessment with a post course version thereby
demonstrating the effectiveness of any learning
initiative. This is particularly powerful when undertaken
using 360o assessment techniques.
- Encourage participants
to continue to discuss issues and share ideas on returning
from a workshop or training programme using Intranet
discussion groups or bulletin boards. This can be helped
if they are pre-populated with discussion topics directly
after the learning event has taken place.
- If possible set-up private community areas
for participants from the same or similar initiatives.
These groups can continue the learning process, sharing
ideas, best practice and their experiences once they have
returned to the workplace.
- If you have problems
with take-up, promote your learning initiatives on the
Intranet itself. Company News Areas, Discussion Groups and
Home Pages are all ideal promotional tools.
- Bring focus to your learning initiatives
by pulling the above ideas together into one online
learning Academy. This is ideal for adding consistency and
continuity across all your learning initiatives.
- Profile the members of
the above Academy so that resources, news and events etc
can be prioritised by each member’s individual needs. This
profile information could include their job profile,
competencies, learning style or specific development
needs.
Read more about Corporate Intranets
If the above stimulates your thoughts and you would like to
know more regarding how to use your corporate Intranet to
support learning and development, please contact us.
As experts in Intranet design and development, we have a
wealth of experience in optimising this valuable company
resource in supporting your learning processes. Our TEPE
(Technology Enabling People Engagement™) methodology ensures
the technology is fully aligned and integrated with your
business processes and culture.
To find out more contact:
Lynn Joy
Tel: 01789 734333
E-Mail: lynnj@predaptive.com
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