Social learning has been the eLearning buzzword for the couple of years where collaboration, engagement, personalization, efficiency is the reason for smooth and successful continuation.
Learning can be achieved from-and-with anything, via on-job experience by collaborating with employees, interaction with peers or colleagues or from formal training itself. Here, this Article outlines-
- What is Social Learning?
- Why does it make sense to adapt social learning?
- How to integrate social learning at workplace?
- Benefits of using social learning at Workplace?
What is Social Learning?
It is no surprise that there is nothing best than social learning which can be grasp from anything and anywhere. Social learning is not a new way of learning, in fact one of the oldest humankind’s form of learning which can happen either synchronously (Facebook, twitter, Linkedin, videoconferencing, chats, etc.,) or asynchronously (Group discussions, through interactions, seminars, etc.).
As an extension, this kind of learning can also accompanied through determination, observation, positive behavioral aspects, imitation, and Collaboration with one-another by sharing knowledge, ideas that can serve as a knowledge center.
Why does it make sense to adapt social learning?
It is worthwhile to consider why social learning needs to adapt either from learner perspectives or business perspectives to empower collaborative learning.
From Learner perspective, the most personalized model that we mostly pick is 70/20/10 to foster collaborative learning. It is an exciting part for learners to leverage learning through social media that curate mutual bonding between learner and learning. Greater the application of learning, greater the positivity on the jobs.
As hinted above, the impact of social learning on business is directly related with the employee skills, learning patterns, behavioral changes that can make business environment either best or worst.
Social learning have tremendously influence business by- promoting employee engagement, supporting continuous training, enhances corporate culture, foster workplace collaboration, promotes learner self-organize, etc.,
How to integrate social learning at workplace to foster collaborative learning
In order to have a collaborative workplace, learners needs to provide with multiple learning options which creates likelihood and ease of learning, after all learner likes learning in different styles.
Conduct seminars and training- It is one of the simplest, easiest and effective method of training which involves interactions, group discussions among the team members that ultimately provide training and improves employee engagement as well.
Use of technology as a platform- It involves all the possible areas that increases social engagement by connecting with different people on different social channels. As an extension, this way provides following benefits at the workplace-
Benefits of social learning at workplace-
- Strengthen and build relationship with coworkers and clients
- Improves employee retention and recognition
- Boost organizational productivity
- Encourages collaboration and team work
- Improves ROI of business
- Helps in employee development by motivating them
