Dive Brief:
- Learning portals within company intranets were all the rage 15 years ago, but a leading learning guru says they are in the throes of massive change in today's corporate learning environment.
- Writing at CLO Media, Elliott Masie, chairman and CLO of The Masie Center’s Learning Consortium, says it's currently difficult to even find a 2016 “All Star” learning portal.
- Masie writes that early learning portals were fine as an entry point for specific learning programs, typically connected to certification or compliance courses. But as learners are now involved in choosing from a wider, less limited menu, today’s learning portals "need to be much more adaptive and personal."
Dive Insight:
Masie offers a rundown on how in 2016 and beyond what the ideal learning entry point might look like. Options include a knowledge scorecard, social knowledge connections, integrated search and a learning app.
For example, with a knowledge scorecard, the benefits would display key competencies, skills or certifications, all color coded by readiness or gaps for each learner. It could could "serve as a coach or guide for an employee" as a performance review is about to take place. With social knowledge connections, a learner could tap into co-workers, who could provide knowledge on key topics mapped to the learner’s scorecard, which would be linked to them through internal social networks.
Masie writes that as learning evolves, the ways to access learning must evolve with it. He adds that corporate learners will increasingly be in control of their own learning choices, so they will need an integrated set of apps and access points for learning, not the static learning portal offered by the typical LMS.
