Post Pandemic Digital Learning

Bill Kennedy Head of the E-Learning and Technology Section at Sinarmas Land

Bill Kennedy Head of the E-Learning and Technology Section at Sinarmas Land

The appearance of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China in early 2020 caused a huge impact on humanity. This brought a disturbance in all segments involving human interactions, including education. The encouragement to change over the total frameworks from conventional to online pushes academics and companies to adjust in this emergency by preparing themselves to maximize the utilization of innovation for learning purposes. Companies or even individuals that do not follow the digitalization trend will be left behind. This is why the shift from conventional to digital learning is becoming more and more important.

Learning that suits all generations.

Nowadays, 3 generations exist in the workplace, starting from generation X to generation Z. Pandemic has created a robust environment for digital to grow, including the use of LMS. Having the COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst, all generations are forced to use and keep up with technology. The old and complicated Learning Platform has been revamped to the newer, user-friendly, and more applications nowadays are eye-catching and mobile. Learning Management System (LMS) has provided us, not only with administrational help for our records but also ease of learning process, learning through video and animation, also enables us to learn together in one virtual world across boundaries. Through LMS, people are now easily attaining new skills from Top universities all around the world. Thanks to the advancement of technology and its innovation, there is no such hindrance from the older generation to using Learning Management Systems in their working life. Learning through LMS can be as simple as opening social media nowadays. So, have you used LMS that is easily used by all generational workforce in your place?

“Through Learning Management System (LMS), people are now easily attaining new skills from Top universities all around the world”

Choosing the right LMS tips:

1. Mobile

Currently, more applications are shifting from laptops based into mobile-based. Our fingertips become more powerful than before. Many apps are shifted to fit in our phones, forcing Learning apps to demand and moving towards a mobile-friendly ecosystem.

2. Simple UX and Interactive UI

3 generation age gaps work in our companies nowadays, namely Gen X, Gen Y, and Gen Z. Gen Z or iGen has prowess in a digital environment including learning. But it doesn’t say that the older generation like X can’t keep up with the trend using LMS; they can use it but need some features that might ease them such as easy login, simple looks yet comprehensive.

3. One-stop service

Digital means easier. If your digital process just makes things more complicated, means you must leave it. The vast development of technology and apps sustains the rapid growth of LMS in terms of number. Having an LMS that provides 1 stop service for all your learning activities may be essential, you don’t have to open many apps to do some analytics or learning. Just one platform learning for all learning activities.

4. Interactive and accountable content

In this era where videos on YouTube and social media are more interactive than before, the learning content in LMS should also keep up with this trend. Creating interesting content so that learners can engage throughout the learning process. Second, much information in this digital era is easy to spread and not curated, having accountable and curated content for your learner will increase the credibility of the knowledge attained.