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Skills as currency. That’s an expression that is being used a lot at the moment in L&D and business circles. But it’s not actually a new concept – it’s something that L&D was talking about 15/20 years ago, usually in relation to IT skills. However, it’s resurfaced the past couple of years and for very good reason. Skills – or more accurately, a lack of them - is a very topical issue right now.

An e-learning course is only effective if the majority of learners who enrol on it actually see it through to completion – yet retaining learners’ attention and keeping them actively engaged is notoriously more difficult with a distance learning course. Studying alone and having to deal with unwanted distractions (whether at work or at home) are just two reasons why learners tend to abandon distance learning courses before completing them.

It goes without saying that adhering to a well-defined methodology is crucial when it comes to designing a blended learning course. The first step is understanding how teaching theory can help you to develop your employees’ skills. Next, it’s a case of analysing your organisation’s structure to determine your target learners and teaching objectives. After that, you can move on to the design phase, where you can reflect on the teaching strategy you plan to implement.

Rolling out a range of digital training courses can often prove tricky, especially for the first time. However, provided that you’re well prepared and organised, digitalising your training courses with a blended learning approach doesn’t have to be difficult.

According to a report published on Statista in 2021, digital learning is set to become one of the most important ways that people in the UK teach and learn new skills in the 2020s, with the pandemic having acted as a catalyst for the sector’s growth.

Recent years have seen major shifts in the way training is conducted in the workplace. E-learning has been a huge part of this, and is being used to simplify the process of managing training programmes as well as to help employees gain the skills they need in order for the business to remain competitive.

Today, the world of professional training relies increasingly on two approaches: adaptive learning and digital learning. Already growing in popularity before the pandemic, both of them have seen explosive growth as more and more of us begin working from home.

In recent years, adaptive learning has taken an increasingly prominent role in the sphere of professional training. However, businesses need to be ready to take certain steps to get the most out of what is an undeniably promising tool. In this article, we’ll shed light on what adaptive learning has to offer, as well the challenges it faces as a result of ever-changing employee expectations with regards to training programmes.

After a turbulent few years, many of us have changed the way in which we work. The kitchen table is taking the place of the traditional office, and today’s employees are often either working solely from home or in a hybrid arrangement. To meet the needs of a more mobile workforce, professional training is having to adapt. One solution that is growing in popularity is adaptive learning.