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Learning Management Systems have evolved tremendously over the last few years. Organizations across the globe, belonging to different domains, are realizing the importance of a functional LMS platform for training their people. With time, these systems have become a lot more personalized, intuitive, user-oriented, and provide the most engaging experience to the learners. Such LMS platforms of today that are scalable, flexible, responsive to today’s market needs, focused on improving the learners’ efficiency are known as LXPs (Learning Experience Platforms).
While both LMS and LXP aim to help employees learn the important tools of their trade, LXPs take a much more personalized and growth-oriented approach. Learning Experience Platforms can simply be understood as the next logical step in the growth of LMSs, and they are already making their importance felt. Let’s look at some important eLearning trends of 2020-2021 and how LXPs will soon be the way to go in terms of eLearning.
Microlearning Capabilities
Small, bite-sized learning modules are extremely effective in providing hands-on, goal-oriented training. It is easy for the creator to create and for the learners to consume, remember, and apply in real-time. Evidently, microlearning has significantly improved the retention and application abilities of any knowledge. The risk of overwhelming the learners is also significantly reduced by following a microlearning-based approach. Each microlearning module can be followed by some quiz, tasks, or even gamified elements to keep the engagement levels high. Even the learning modules can be designed using elements like polls, infographics, quizzes, and a lot more, to break the information into smaller chunks and make it easier to understand.
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
AI and ML have penetrated different fields, inducing learning and development! AI-enabled LXPs use the machine’s ability to analyse the learner’s behaviour and figure out their pain points, educational needs, and support systems in a much more streamlined, quicker, and simplified manner. With this information, the learning modules can be personalized to cater to the specific needs of the learners. Tutors can personalize user experience based on their performance and challenges in an automated way. Doing this manually is next to impossible, but with AI, analysing learner behaviour becomes easy, and the benefits it offers are countless!
Gamified Approach to Learning
Gamification has been very warmly received by the users of eLearning platforms over the globe. When it comes to keeping the learners engaged, there’s no better way to go about it other than gamifying your learning modules and assessments and keeping the learners on their toes. By turning the whole learning procedure into “wins” and “losses”, gamification helps generate a sense of accomplishment and goals in learners. It also significantly improves the learners’ experience and retention by keeping them engaged in the entire journey.
Adaptive Learning Environment
Adaptive learning is all about finding the strengths and weaknesses of the learners and providing them learning modules catered to their needs. With an LXP, you can conduct pre-assessments and post-assessments quiz and analyse learner behaviour using AI to offer your employees the most adaptive learning environment. By offering such a nourishing, adaptive learning environment, LXPs will help a lot of learners complete their course journey successfully and make the most of it in their day-to-day jobs.
Cloud-Based, Mobile Learning Approach
This isn’t a new trend, but definitely, one that has become extremely important in the last few years. With most people having access to mobile devices and the internet, LXPs need to be cloud-based so that they can be accessed from anywhere in the world, at any time. This simplifies a lot of things for the learners by providing them a centralized repository of all the course content, quizzes, and more, that can be accessed easily, from anywhere. As a result of this, learners are able to pace things up as per their situational needs and get more out of the learning programs.
Social Learning Features
Providing learners with a sense of community is important, and LXPs help in easily achieving that. Whether or not your employees are working remotely, social learning features on your LXP will give your learners a chance to interact with one another, which will foster peer-to-peer learning. They’ll be able to share course material, interact on quizzes and polls, and build their foundation of workplace know-how. Such a sense of community will go a long way in keeping them motivated and encouraged.
In Conclusion
Learning needs are constantly evolving, and to keep up with that – so are the approaches to providing the learnings. LXPs are the next step in the world of eLearning, and they are already proving their worth. It’s only a matter of time before LXPs become the go-to of organizations across the globe!
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