Hi Jara,
Indeed, digital learning is evolving like crazy! Do you remember your first digital learning experience? A number of memories come to mind right away. I see myself as an eight-year-old sitting in the elementary school hallway behind one of those old-fashioned computers with huge thick screens. I learned the multiplication tables through a computer game, where as a reward you got a brick to build a wall “yourself”. Is there anyone who remembers this too? Another one of those memories: all those hours I spent at home on RedCat: The Frenzied Arithmetic Race and RedCat: The Cool Time Travel. Digital learning as it was in my younger years.
And it really hasn’t been that long. Yet digital learning is absolutely nothing like those days. Developments are moving incredibly fast and more and more is possible. Inside, but also outside known frameworks.
Even more attractive than RedCat
As a project manager, I know better than anyone else that so much more is possible in digital learning than our clients often expect. How about a digital escaperoom as part of online onboarding, where game elements teach you how to get through your first work days? Or a gamified learning where you walk through your “own” office and learn about information security? Just a few features that make learning much more appealing than reading a (digital) book. And even more attractive than good old RedCat.
We recently received a request from a client to develop a module on integrity on social media in a quick development tool. This specific question was based on their own experiences with online learning and, of course, the available budget. After delving deeper into the content, however, we concluded that an entirely different format would be much more effective. To raise participants’ awareness of the topic, an interactive video was a much better fit. And thanks to all of today’s technological capabilities, we were able to accomplish this . This created a learning solution that the client did not expect to be an option beforehand.
Cold feet
We regularly see that it is difficult for clients to keep up with developments and opportunities. This makes perfect sense and demands something of us as experts. Sometimes we notice customers get cold feed. Not surprisingly, because trying something unfamiliar, without knowing how the people in your organization will receive it, can be quite overwhelming. By taking our clients through the creative process, comparing different options and testing them with the target audience, we can take them through the process. In this way we create a shared understanding and help clients achieve the best learning solution within the possibilities. And in doing so, more is often possible than you think.
When choosing the right learning solution, it is always important to keep the bigger picture in mind. Often a learning solution is part of a broader trajectory, and both form and content need to match.
@Marleen, can you tell us more about the connection between systems thinking and our online learning solutions? Let me know.
Yours truly!
Melinda!
Melinda Langeveld is a project manager at inBrain. Armed with an infectious laugh and an innate talent for multitasking, she cheerfully leads our projects in the right direction.
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