3 Ways to Bring Back the Fun into Corporate Training
3 Ways to Bring Back the Fun into Corporate Training
3 Ways to Bring Back the Fun into Corporate Training
By RK Prasad
February 1, 2021
Summary
Our approach towards corporate L&D is very different from the unstructured, almost subconscious way in which children learn through play.
So maybe it's time to bend these closely guarded rules of adult learning a little and give employees a chance to have fun during training.
"What's it going to be today, a routine lesson, an activity, a day trip to the local museum, a surprise test?" We don't have that in corporate training, do we? Learners are either scheduled for a classroom session or assigned a course - and there are only a few ways that would unfold - they get to click some buttons, watch some videos, answer some questions, and it's all over until the next time.
If you manage to break the cycle of predictability even for a second, you'll see learning truly take effect and corporate training no longer being mundane.
There is a curious dilemma that most instructional designers face while planning and designing learning content for corporate training.
Bringing play into corporate training will also be a social activity that promotes collaborative learning.
While we were vigorously trying to maintain the sanctity of formal corporate training, social media was making information accessible, fun, and relevant for learners, gradually becoming the main source of informal learning.
Cisco Learning Network today plays an important role in helping to bring together networking professionals across the world to a single platform, not only to train them, but also to exchange ideas and information on how to design, build, and manage more complex networks.
There is no one way you can bring play into learning.
It's worth taking a chance, isn't it? Maybe down the path, you will see corporate employees getting their curiosity back for knowledge and finding joy in learning once again.
Reference
Prasad, R. (2021, February 1). 3 ways to bring back the fun into corporate training. Retrieved April 06, 2021, from https://www.td.org/user/content/rkprasad/3-ways-to-bring-back-the-fun-into-corporate-training-02-01-21-11-59