The Learning Experience Platform (LXP) is a tool your company can use to personalize learning for your workforce. This smart platform shows each employee what courses to take, skills to learn and career development paths to explore in order to advance in their positions. With just a few clicks, they can log into the LXP and determine what training to do that day. Here are some of the reasons that LXP models are so effective when it comes to employee learning.
The Stats
Industry analyst Josh Bersin says the LXP represents the new world of corporate learning. In 2018, the LXP market was over $350 million in size, and Josh Bersin’s research suggests it is more than doubling every year. The critical role LXPs play in enabling informal and formal learning as well as community bonding is driving this demand.
Additional research on learning in the workplace demonstrates that employees prefer easy-to access tools that help them to spread knowledge, assist others and improve their own skillset. While the old LMS models were not built for this, the new LXP platforms are very versatile and allow for flexible and adaptable learning.
The Benefits of LXP
LXP platforms are personalized.
In the age of Netflix and Spotify, people are accustomed to watching or listening to personalized video or audio playlists. Why shouldn’t the learning environment offer that same level of personalization?
An LXP can assemble personalized learning playlists for each employee using machine-learning. The recommendations are based on historical training data, employee profile qualities and their interests, so managers don’t have to worry about manually recommending courses for them to take. This feature ensures they never hit a wall in their training, because the LXP will always recommend the next courses to try out and steps to take to deepen their skills.
They have a user-friendly interface.
LXPs are very easy for employees to navigate. When they sign into the LXP, they are personally greeted and given the option to search through lessons, videos, blogs posts and other learning content. The system also allows employees to create their own playlists and include internal and external content to customize their experience.
In addition to providing content, the LXP is designed to track employee progress. Employees can see what training is past due, what is due soon, what is in progress and browse through curated top picks. A central dashboard shows them how many courses they have completed, how many learning badges they’ve earned and how many hours they’ve spent on courses. This reporting feature provides easy benchmarks for filling out their training timesheets, if required.
Access the LXP system anytime, anywhere.
Studies show that mobile usage accounts for 69 percent of time spent on digital media, while desktop usage now makes up less than one-third of digital media time. Mobile usage will only continue to grow, so it’s critical to reach your workforce on the device they use the most.
LXP systems come with a mobile learning app that employees can use anytime, anywhere. If they are at a conference and want to get some courses completed, or they have a few extra hours on a Sunday, they don’t have to wait to be back at the office and on the network to learn. They can just log onto the app and let the learning begin!