Learning Experience Platform (LXP) - What’s behind the new trend?
3 examples from the field of language training.
Learning Experience Platforms are the new big trend in e-learning. They promise to create a new learning experience and focus, among other things, on a more flexible selection of content, social interaction and individually optimized learning paths. The following three practical examples show the exciting new possibilities this opens up.
Mahmud is staring spellbound at his cell phone. His trainee colleague Teresa has just shared a new post: A YouTube video about the chemical basics of cleaning products. The two have only been in Germany for a few years and are now training to become building cleaners. Their biggest challenge, however, lies in the German language, because in addition to practical skills, they are also expected to learn theoretical expertise at vocational school - from cleaning plans and cleaning processes to health and safety regulations. To support them in this, their employer has now introduced a new form of German instruction. In small groups, they not only learn vocabulary and grammar, but also talk about the technical content of their training. What's special about this is that they can create content on their own and share it with their colleagues - YouTube videos, photos from their everyday work or links to helpful reading. At the end of the class, the aim is to create a comprehensive content collection from which future trainees can also benefit.
2. Learning better together
Der, die, or das? Memorizing the correct articles in German is tedious and can become very monotonous in the long run. But that doesn't have to be the case, thought English-speaking programmer James, and he developed a quiz duel for LinguaTV as a new form of exercise. The participants connect to their smartphones and compete against each other in an entertaining competition. The fun factor is guaranteed with this form of social learning, and in addition to language skills, team spirit is also strengthened.
3. Set individual priorities
Is the capuccino also available with soy milk? And the lasagna without meat? Melissa gets questions like these every day. She can now answer most of them in four different languages. That's necessary, because she works in the restaurant of an international hotel chain. Her colleague Klaus works in the management of the same hotel. For his work, he especially needs very good written English skills, because he sends up to 20 e-mails to international customers and partners every day.
To meet these very different needs of its employees, the hotel relies on a combination of the LinguaTV language learning app and individual support (coaching). After an analysis of needs and learning goals, a personal learning strategy can thus be developed. In addition, learners have the opportunity to flexibly set their own thematic and methodological priorities and thus create an individually optimized learning path.
Conclusion
The current trend is toward learning solutions that are more responsive to individual differences and needs. However, these should still be scalable and lead to verifiable learning successes. Learning Experience platforms have now given this trend a new dynamic and offer exciting new possibilities, both methodologically and in terms of content. To make the most of these for your employees' language training, it is advisable to conduct a precise needs analysis and develop a customized solution on this basis.
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