How to combine communication about your training courses and social learning?
Based on the use of sharing tools to discuss a specific subject, the Social learning is now a method of learning appreciated by companies. But how can it help improve your communication about your training courses?
The basic principle of social learning is communication And lThe exchange of information between learners, which has numerous advantages from a pedagogical and organizational point of view.
Many companies integrate it into their training strategy in this way. The creation of new training platforms and e-learning methods has generated a real renewed interest in this learning method, as has the addition of modern techniques such as Gamification and microlearning that have improved the ability to adopt social learning in today's life.
What is social learning?
First, let's go back to its definition. Unlike traditional learning where the contribution of knowledge is unique and unidirectional (a trainer delivers a course, the learners listen), social learning involves the sharing of knowledge and experience. More pragmatic, less boring, it is therefore used more and more within companies.
Social learning is largely based on the feeling of belonging to the group. The idea is for each learner to feel useful because this mode ofcollective learning values knowledge and information sharing. Participants are thus legitimate to ask questions or contribute to the debate or training.
This learning method encourages cooperation and the sharing of information, it promotes mutual aid and group emulation. Learning with and thanks to others is all the more useful because for most of their lives, human beings are called upon to interact with and learn from their peers. As a result, social learning is a method that is a natural part of human interactions while promoting concrete and committed learning..
Communication on training courses with social learning
Social learning is changing how we learn and makes it possible to strengthen links and communication between learners and to develop group cohesion. Educational and organizational effectiveness is thus reinforced through collaborative work.
Learners are therefore constantly in communication and exchange with each other, which favors the transmission of information. The implementation of a new training course will therefore be supported by informal exchanges between participants who will not hesitate to keep up to date with each other when new modules are coming.
In addition to these natural communications, it is possible to use communication tools inherent to social learning with learners:
- Les webinars : they make it possible to make training more collaborative, in particular with interactive functions. They can also be used to present new training by focusing on specific problems, the solutions that the training will provide and the skills that will be acquired at the end of the session.
- The Blogging : it allows users to choose topics from those that you have previously proposed to them and thus to introduce the communication of future training courses. It is also a very good communication tool to launch debates or discussions.
- The internal social network : present in most e-learning platforms, the internal social network makes it possible to circulate information fluidly and to encourage each participant to share it, comment on it or to react. Communication will only be improved!
