In the current edition of Chief Learning Officer magazine, Josh Bersin, the well respected founder of Bersin & Associates indicates that of those large corporations that have learning management systems (LMSs), almost one in three will be dumping their legacy LMS like a 1971 Chevy Vega, without any incentives from the U.S. government. Why is this happening?
The employee – the learner – is demanding it
What are employees saying?
Corporate employees surveyed by one of our content partners, SkillSoft plc, entitled The Future of Learning Corporate Training, state corporate training that is provided is substandard, and 54% of corporate employees
experience little to no value in the training received from their employer. The top preferences of corporate learners in this survey are:
- Being able to get information where and when needed
- Being in charge of the pace of learning
- Learning in bite-sized portions
- Learning at their desktop
According to Mr. Bersin, organizations are looking for LMSs that support:
- Collaboration
- Informal learning
- Knowledge sharing
And this recession will be ending – hopefully sooner rather than later. Today, "only" 247,000 workers lost their jobs in July – lowest number in nearly a year. Soon, hopefully really soon, we need be in position to support hiring new staff. Corporations recognize the need to retain new employees and enable them to more quickly achieve productivity in their new capacity and environment. "Onboarding" programs and platforms to support this make a difference.
In a January 2008 research benchmark by the Aberdeen Group, results determined that the best-in-class onboarding enterprises realize a:
- 100% improved retention rates of new hires
- 60% reduced time-to-productivity for new hires
The Aberdeen Group further identifies that socialization is primary part of the onboarding efforts and that onboarding starts before a new hires first day on the job.
So CLOs are listening and dumping their clunkers - the legacy LMSs – and looking at more efficient, technology packed eLearning 2.0 LMSs
And the good news for CLOs is that there are new LMS platforms that provide the collaboration, informal learning and knowledge sharing capabilities through the use of feature-rich social networking tools via Web 2.0 technology, that can assist new employees get to productivity fast than ever before. The "more fuel efficient" LMSs can be a fully hosted, Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that is both reasonably priced and easily integrated to advance an organization's educational offerings.
Truly a Win – Win - Win situation…
A win for the organization: getting an affordable, hosted LMS platform. A win for the CLO: a more robust, engaging eLearning platform that employees will use. And most importantly, a win for the learner: who becomes more productive, useful and valuable to the organization. Maybe the LMS junkyard might get a win from this as well…
Collaborative learning, cost savings and an environmentally friendly education distribution system our eLearning 2.0 and mLearning platform provides are just some of the benefits of TOPYX®. Our eLearning 2.0 education distribution technologies are paving the way in creating innovative solutions to meet the needs of today's learner.
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Chief Executive Officer
Interactyx Limited
Interactyx, the developer of TOPYX®, is at the forefront of developing eLearning and social networking solutions that engage and communicate knowledge-sharing activities with learners.
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