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Nano-learning across platforms Ongoing professional development requires learning, unlearning and relearning, with nano-learning or bite-sized learning a new way of acquiring knowledge without investing long hours.
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BY REABETSWE RABAJI
ngoing professional development requires learning, unlearning and relearning, with nano-learning or bite-sized learning a new way of acquiring knowledge without investing long hours.
The future of education will require tech skills, experts, business acumen, educational skills and a focus on value. Psychological support and care will also be crucial, said Jon Foster-Pedley, dean and director at Henley Business School. Jon was speaking at an HR Indaba Conversation on learning and unlearning, sponsored by Henley Business School. Trevor Kunda, group head of learning and leadership development at Discovery, said that the issue with delivering education in a traditional manner in the classroom is that is very expensive and difficult to scale, which was the case at Discovery, where 95 percent of their learning was taking place in classrooms, and the pandemic was a great opportunity to close these gaps.
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“The Covid-19 pandemic was a blessing in disguise in a way and an opportunity for us to close the gaps at Discovery. Our main goal was to deliver good quality learning, so we started off at a basic level and got a learning management system [LMS] in place and started using the LinkedIn learning platform. We also relied on data to show that what people were learning had relevance for the business, which helped us get the buy-in and investment into the platforms we are currently using,” he explained. Discovery took things a step further and looked at how they could support learners in completing their tasks. “We are currently experimenting with virtual classrooms and virtual reality, advance analytics and data science. However, you have to get the timing right and be clear on the things that are going to help move you forward, while making it fun and exciting for users,” he said.
Meaningful investment According to Gcobisa Ntshona, human resource director at LexisNexis, the Covid-19 pandemic has really exposed things we previously took for
