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Encourage Informal Learning with an LMS

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This method of learning is called informal learning. A whopping 80 percent of learning happens informally , outside of a classroom. After all, people don’t stop learning informally when they step into an office. However, when employers don’t encourage informal learning, companies suffer.

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How to Maximize Employees’ Strengths with an LMS

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For example, if you have an employee who has a bent toward innovation but isn’t given the place to develop that talent, just imagine the amount of income-producing ideas your company will forfeit. An LMS’s social learning tools such as realtime chat, personal profiles and video conferencing encourage employee connection and informal learning.

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Why We Love Social Learning (And You Should, Too!)

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The learner is an information constructor. Constructivism isn’t just some dry theory; it is a living, breathing facilitator of informal learning. For example, they may offer employees more perks. The Majority of Learning in the Workplace Is Informal/Social. Find an LMS That Facilitates Social/Informal Learning.

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Can Learning Management Systems Foster Experiential Knowledge in the Workplace?

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In the workplace it happens when learners are presented with information and then given opportunities to put it into practice for themselves. Sometimes this information is attained naturally, and other times it is presented through a training program. However, it functions the same way in the workplace and corporate training room.

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Training Employees Actually Makes Them Smarter

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Here is a small sampling of these features: Learning paths – Would you agree that educational courses are often overwhelming? Unfortunately, some eLearning course designers don’t get that people can only assimilate so much information in one sitting. Almost everyone has walked away from a course dejected and having learned nothing.

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Using Webinars to Increase Employee Engagement

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For example…. Because, a webinar leader can enable screen sharing during a web-based seminar, which allows employees/attendees to practically apply/practice what they are being taught (for example, how to use a new app). A webinar is both social/informal and formal. A webinar promotes learning retention.

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4 Online Learning Trends That Will Impact the Future of Corporate Learning

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Individualized learning via online platform is a great example of an online learning trend that is impacting corporate learning for the better. First and foremost, it will allow eLearning Professionals to customize the eLearning experience to provide learners with more effective, engaging, and informative eLearning courses and modules.”