How to keep corporate training up to date?

Producing quality training is a key step towards the success of employee development, but for these courses to continue achieving the expected results, we cannot forget about their constant updating and adaptation.

Planning training is always a stimulating challenge for the T&D area. At that moment, we thought of everything: better formats, adequate language, interesting content, and all the ways to engage employees. But we often fail to reflect on what we are going to do in the future when the information in this training is no longer so current.

Processes and products change, and the political landscape and laws, too. Even the culture and language used by the company are constantly improving. Training should keep up with these changes.

That's why we've separated some tips to produce training whose contents can be easily updated:

Mix face-to-face and distance training

In-person training is very interesting to engage students and demonstrate processes and products. However, if they are not done very often, it can be difficult to update the information that has been passed on. Therefore, one way out can be to mix face-to-face and distance courses, in the so-called Blended Learning. In this way, you will be able to bring new information through online training whenever necessary, eliminating the need for new training only for minor updates.

Keep an engaged community around training

Encouraging the formation of an engaged community around training is a way of keeping in touch with students for possible content updates. Thus, after training, students can continue exchanging information and experiences, keeping up to date. A practical example of how to encourage this behavior is to create WhatsApp or Facebook groups after face-to-face training. In this case, it is interesting that the specialist responsible for the training is mediating with this group, and bringing new information whenever necessary.

Avoid producing video-only materials online

Videos are widely used in online training, but these materials have complex editing. To update online training that has videos without having to record everything again, you can produce e-Learning courses that mix textual and video content. Thus, it is possible to insert “knowledge capsules” in video format and link them through texts and images. Then, if any content is changed, you can remove or insert new video or text excerpts, avoiding the complete re-recording of the material.

Use an LMS platform to distribute online content

Online content is widely used to provide information to employees. However, if these materials are sent by email, they can be searched in the future for consultation, and if the information is out of date, this reading can cause confusion and misunderstandings. Therefore, the use of an LMS platform can be quite strategic. When the materials condensed in the LMS platform are updated, employees will always be able to consult the latest version, which avoids misunderstandings.

Conclusion:

The efforts spent in producing online training are rewarding, but to optimize this work, reducing costs and future concerns, you must take into account the possible updating of this material. This text shows some tips on how to produce training that can be updated more easily and at reduced costs.

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