7 Benefits of Adopting a Learning Management System for Corporates

By CIOReview | Monday, December 2, 2019

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FREMONT, CA: Learning management systems (LMS) are most commonly used to deploy and track online training initiatives. However, the role of an LMS depends on the organization's objectives, online training strategy, and desired outcomes. Growth-oriented organizations invest in corporate training to reap the benefits of learning management systems and to make training an automated process. According to a report by Software Advices, 96 percent of stakeholders admit that an LMS can track a learner’s progress. The majority of employers accept that it assists in employee retention, job performance, and engagement. Employee training and development is a continuous process, and an LMS helps in optimizing the training. The seven benefits of learning management systems are as follows.

1. Centralization

LMS allows the unification of all the training material in one location, which is a cloud server. All the content in one location enables an organization to develop and tweak the training material according to their need reducing the risk of data loss simultaneously. A cloud-based LMS ensures that the employees can access the desired information from anywhere, regardless of the time.

2. Limitless Access

Employees under training have unlimited access to the uploaded and published training material. The latest information can be accessed with a smartphone and tablet to incorporate the learning in the ongoing task. Employees can access the most recent developments and do not have to wait until the next training session.

3. Assessment

Advanced LMS allows employers to assess the progress of a specific employee. If the employee is lagging, then they can use a supplemental resource to improve their learning and improve their performance. AI-based analytics and reporting tools allow the trainers to identify the areas of improvement and areas where the employees excel. If the learners struggle with a subject, then it can be re-assessed to make necessary adjustments.

4. Cost Effective

Organizations spend millions of dollars in training, whereas using an LMS can eliminate big expenses of training as well as minimal expenses, such as instructor traveling costs, training space rent, printed material costs, and more. Employees can access the training material from any location. As a result, LMS has amassed popularity in the corporate environment.

5. Categorization

An advanced LMS has information sorted according to categories with headings and sub-headings, which allows the employee to access a particular part of the information. Consequently reducing the time required to learn a specific skill. Instead of completing the entire training program, the employee can click on a particular module and access the desired information.

6. Compliance Friendly

Organizations need to adjust their ongoing practices as compliance laws are always changing. LMS assists in updating the training content according to the revised regulations and educates the employees about the latest compliance rules to avoid possible penalties.

7. Breaking Barriers

LMS is beneficial for both trainers and learners as it goes beyond conventional teaching and learning. The course and contents are dynamic for expansion to any extent incorporating new trends, management practices, technologies, data-based case studies, problem-solving methods, research studies, and more. In the case of customization, content creators can tweak a particular point rather than changing the entire content or eLearning module.

A learning management system is a vast repository where an organization can store and track information. Organizations can reap the benefits of learning management systems if they understand their and the employees learning requirements.

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