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How do you foster a culture of self-directed and lifelong learning among your learners?

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Self-paced learning is a flexible and convenient way of acquiring new skills and knowledge, especially in the context of learning management systems (LMS). However, it also poses some challenges for learners and educators, such as maintaining motivation, engagement, and retention. How do you foster a culture of self-directed and lifelong learning among your learners? Here are some tips and strategies to help you out.

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1 Set clear and realistic goals

One of the key factors that influence motivation and retention in self-paced learning is having a clear and realistic goal for each course or module. Goals help learners focus on what they want to achieve, how they will measure their progress, and why they are learning in the first place. To set effective goals, you can use the SMART criteria: specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. You can also encourage learners to set their own personal goals and share them with others for feedback and support.

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Ted Blosser

CEO @ WorkRamp | Building the world's first Learning Cloud
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Before setting realistic goals, it's important to build a learning culture within your organization. For example, one of our customers has a "learning festival" twice a year, where the entire company is encouraged to partake in learning and development activities. From there, you can step into goal setting for your learning programs.

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2 Provide feedback and recognition

Another way to boost motivation and retention in self-paced learning is to provide timely and constructive feedback and recognition to learners. Feedback helps learners identify their strengths and weaknesses, improve their performance, and adjust their strategies. Recognition helps learners feel valued, appreciated, and confident in their abilities. You can provide feedback and recognition through various channels, such as quizzes, surveys, badges, certificates, peer reviews, or messages.

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3 Create a sense of community

Self-paced learning does not mean isolated learning. Learners still need social interaction and collaboration to enhance their learning experience and outcomes. Creating a sense of community in your LMS can help learners feel connected, engaged, and supported by their peers and instructors. You can create a sense of community by facilitating online discussions, group projects, live sessions, or mentoring programs. You can also use gamification elements, such as points, levels, or leaderboards, to foster friendly competition and cooperation.

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James Groth M.A. Ed, PMP

Learning, Development, and Project Manager
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While a community helps some learners, it also shouldn't be mandatory. Some learners choose self-paced learning because they don't want the distraction of a community and find mandatory discussions or group work counter productive to their goals.

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4 Offer choice and flexibility

One of the main benefits of self-paced learning is that it allows learners to choose when, where, and how they learn. Offering choice and flexibility in your LMS can help learners customize their learning journey according to their preferences, needs, and circumstances. You can offer choice and flexibility by allowing learners to access different types of content, such as videos, podcasts, or articles, select different paths or levels of difficulty, or skip or revisit topics as they wish.

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Ashley Gore

?? Online Course Expert | Learning Community Strategist | B2C Instructional Designer
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One of my easy wins when designing courses is to include a summary and "key points" underneath each lesson video. Not only does this keep your content accessible, but it also increases the likelihood of mastery from students as they're taking in the information through different methods.

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Ted Blosser

CEO @ WorkRamp | Building the world's first Learning Cloud
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Within a company, there should be a wide range of off-the-shelf content and content specific to the organization. Off-the-shelf content can be procured from the likes of LinkedIn Learning, Udemy, or Go1 (or embedded in your LMS from one of these providers). Content specific to the organization should also be available for people who want to develop skills that are proprietary to the organization. For example, if you have an SDR who wants to become an AE at Acme Corp, there should be content that supports the selling process at Acme Corp for the SDR to learn from.

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5 Encourage reflection and self-regulation

Self-paced learning requires learners to be proactive, responsible, and independent in managing their own learning process. Encouraging reflection and self-regulation in your LMS can help learners develop these essential skills and habits. Reflection helps learners think critically about what they have learned, how they have learned, and what they need to improve. Self-regulation helps learners plan, monitor, and evaluate their learning goals, strategies, and outcomes. You can encourage reflection and self-regulation by asking learners to keep a learning journal, portfolio, or blog, or by providing self-assessment tools, such as checklists, rubrics, or quizzes.

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6 Support and inspire learners

Finally, one of the most important ways to motivate and retain learners in self-paced learning is to provide them with ongoing support and inspiration. Support helps learners overcome challenges, difficulties, or frustrations that may arise during their learning journey. Inspiration helps learners discover new opportunities, perspectives, or passions that may enrich their learning journey. You can support and inspire learners by providing them with helpful resources, tips, or examples, by sharing success stories or testimonials from other learners, or by inviting guest speakers or experts to share their insights or experiences.

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7 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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Dina B.

Trainer | Sr. Instructional Designer | Data Enthusiast
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As learning professionals we tend to enjoy learning ourselves, any type of learning. However, we have to make sure that we offer learning experiences that our employees actually want. This means that we need to solicit their input. We also have to consider niche learning opportunities. The goal is not how many have taken X course, but did those who took the course benefit.

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Andrew Appleby

Learning & Performance Strategist | Learning Transformation Expert | Learning Tech Thought Leader | Founder @ APL Consulting
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Make learning valuable - As with anything in life, people will find time to do things that are important and valuable. If your learners are served a platter of tedious, non-relevant, or compliance only learning then this will always be seen as a distraction to their day-job. By create nurturing an environment where learning is encouraged, experimentation is appreciated and development is expected, learning can become a cornerstone of the culture. That is, where role-models and leaders of the organisation talk about learning, encourage people to try and develop new skills, and development rewarded through improved performance, promotion opportunities or more generally through a more welcoming environment, the culture will flourish.

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1 Set clear and realistic goals

2 Provide feedback and recognition

3 Create a sense of community

4 Offer choice and flexibility

5 Encourage reflection and self-regulation

6 Support and inspire learners

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