LMS WITH SOCIAL LEARNING

Learn by exchanging experiences and observations.

THE POWER OF SOCIAL LEARNING

WHAT IS SOCIAL LEARNING?

By nurturing an environment of experience and information sharing among employees, organizations successfully develop an engaged workforce with minimal investments.

Social learning is not limited to just observations and sharing. A major part of the peer to peer knowledge sharing process involves active guidance and support as well.

Social learning allows employees to learn from the experiences of their colleagues while also supporting and guiding each other. This completes the process of collaborative training.

DO YOU NEED SOCIAL LEARNING?

Social learning a successful attempt at transforming a once traditional and unstructured process of knowledge transfer into a formalized and recorded activity. It presents the advantage of integrating experience sharing with technology to achieve an improved form of modern learning.

WHAT MAKES A SOCIAL LEARNING PLATFORM?

A social learning platform is a learning management system (LMS) with social learning feature that allows learners to record, share, and interact on subject matter related to work and employee training and development.

An LMS with social interaction features is a dynamic training software. The LMS’ social learning tool is where moderated knowledge transferred between users is achieved. All this information is stored on the LMS for future reference.

We think It’s a successful attempt at transforming a once traditional and unstructured process of knowledge transfer into a formalized and recorded program. It presents the advantage of integrating social learning with technology to achieve an improved form of modern learning.

WHY EMBRACE SOCIAL LEARNING?

In the year 2025, 75% of the global population will consist of Millennials and Generation Z. Given their media preferences and affinity towards social media influencers who influence their decisions, it is certain that the same principles of corporate social influencers will work within the corporate space if applied correctly.

Early adopters of social learning will see an improvement in their training activities, for some, it will fill the long-standing gap of low engagement levels as well.

FACTS ABOUT SOCIAL LEARNING

Smartphones on the rise: 39% of the global population uses smartphones of which 80% use social media to learn, update, and discover content from around the globe.
Facebook on positive influencers: A Facebook research indicates increased user engagement when people come across positive words and posts. The same stands true for social learning in the workplace. One employee’s positive outlook and success motivates others to join.
Adopters of social learning say: In 2010 British Telecom saved up to $12 million by using an LMS with peer-to-peer teaching feature.
A good social learning platform retains knowledge: A good social learning platform can help retain the expertise that an exiting employee takes with them.
Forbes famously quoted: “Two people know more than one, three know more than two, when a room full of experienced people share knowledge, there is nothing they can’t achieve.”

WHY CHOOSE ABARA LMS FOR SOCIAL LEARNING?

Corporate influencers can share their experiences in the form of interactive videos
Employees can recommend courses to take
Group and forum chats to discuss moderated topics
Enhanced classroom and webinar experiences
Mobile optimized feature for anytime access and discussions
Learners can promote the right content
Learners can subscribe to and follow promising influencers
Ask the Expert feature for Q&A