Improving Post-Training Pathway : 7 Steps
When we talk about training, we often think of the moment when the learner enters the training room. However, a training programme consists of three stages: before, during and after. Today we’re going to look at how you can easily improve the post-training stage. Let’s take a look at the 7 key stages that will ensure that your learners remember your training 9 times more than before.
Stage 2 : Mobile First
One of the keys to optimising the post-training pathway lies in adopting a ‘Mobile First’ approach to its post-training materials. The dynamic and often nomadic nature of today’s professional world requires flexible solutions that can be accessed quickly when the learner is looking for information.
Accessibility is the key word here. Microlearning is an effective way of ensuring that your learners can access the concepts covered during the course.
The Microlearning format consists of offering short modules available at any time and in any place, directly from mobile devices. Whether during a coffee break, on public transport, or when faced with a problem, this flexibility means that microlearning sessions can be seamlessly integrated into their daily work routine.
The ‘Mobile First’ aspect is not limited to simply making content available on mobile devices. It also encompasses module design optimised for smaller screens, ensuring a smooth and enjoyable user experience. Videos are concise, quizzes are interactive, and texts are presented clearly and concisely, all adapted to the specific characteristics of mobile screens.
This approach has a significant impact on learner engagement. Easy access to microlearning modules via mobile devices encourages regular and spontaneous participation. This means that learners can devote short, convenient periods to their learning, maximising the time they have available to reinforce their skills.
In short, adopting a ‘Mobile First’ strategy in your post-training pathway offers a practical and effective solution for integrating training into learners’ everyday lives, thereby facilitating the transition from knowledge to skills.
Stage 4: Educational activities
Integrating real-life learning activities into microlearning modules is a practical approach to reinforcing the application of knowledge in specific professional contexts. This strategy enables learners to move from theory to practice, by confronting them with concrete situations they may encounter in their day-to-day professional lives.
Microlearning teaching activities can support your learners in the post-training phase. These authentic scenarios, drawn from past or current professional situations, can be used as a springboard to move from knowledge to skills. These scenarios present challenges, issues or decisions that learners may encounter in their field of activity. The aim is to create an immersive learning experience where learners are encouraged to apply the concepts they have learned in real-life professional contexts.
The learning AI can create learning activities if you already have them on a learning support. If not, you can quickly create them in Microelarning format on MicroLMS. These activities can be modules integrated into Microlearning courses or can be the subject of a course in their own right – the choice is yours!
Learners can thus choose learning activities that correspond to their issues at a given moment or to their specific professional development needs. It’s a powerful way of helping your learners move from knowledge to skills. By showing them the way to apply the concepts covered in your training courses. The inclusion of real-life case studies in the post-training pathway enables knowledge to be applied in a practical way, reinforcing retention and understanding.
In conclusion, integrating pedagogical activities into microlearning will considerably enrich your post-training path. This practical approach will encourage the direct application of knowledge in real-life professional situations, making your continuing training even more effective.
Stage 6: Ongoing self-assessment
At the heart of an effective post-training programme is the ability of learners to assess and measure their own progress. MicroLMS includes 4 types of quiz that you can easily integrate into your modules in addition to those automatically generated by our educational AI. Quizzes allow your learners to test themselves and see where they have gaps or, on the contrary, validate their understanding.
These self-assessment tools are designed to enable learners to take control of their progress, by evaluating their knowledge and identifying areas that need reinforcement.
Continuous assessment can take a variety of forms, including interactive quizzes, multiple-choice questionnaires and simulations of professional situations such as learning activities. You can integrate these assessments seamlessly into the microlearning modules. This means that you can add a special quiz module or special learning activity, giving learners a regular opportunity to measure their understanding and identify areas where extra effort may be beneficial.
The flexibility of the tool means you can offer learners the chance to test themselves at their own pace, without undue pressure. This encourages autonomous learning and encourages professionals to make continuous assessment part of their routine, thereby contributing to the constant improvement of their skills.
You can consult the results of the quizzes instantly on our dashboard, which uses Qualiopi standards, giving you immediate feedback on their performance.
By encouraging self-assessment, MicroLMS enables you to challenge your learners and give them the keys to transforming their knowledge into skills. What’s more, for your learners, this contributes to a deeper appropriation of the knowledge acquired during the course. Thanks to this approach, your learners become active partners in their own professional development, reinforcing the effectiveness of the post-training programme.
