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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”1187″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]A large percentage of your workforce is constantly on the move and needs access to vital pieces of information – and they need it immediately, anytime, anywhere. Also, since they have a small window of time available to them between their hectic schedules of appointments, travel, and commute, they seek just-in-time learning, targeted and distilled information, and the ability to learn when it is convenient for them. Now although you have decided to go ahead with a mobile learning module, there are no insights on the technology preferences of your learners. Would multimedia in content engage them to complete the modules, how many would prefer videos instead of text or would interactive assessments motivate them to be on course completion track? Some questions that need to be answered before you design your mobile learning.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Here’s how learner personas enhance mobile learning within organizations” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:18|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:900%20bold%20regular%3A900%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Learning Styles in Corporate Training Each employee has a learning personality and its critical to identify and profile learners beyond demographics to design a successful mobile learning course or training. The approach of learner persona creates a cheat sheet for you before you set out to design the course. This being said, who benefits from mobile learning and development opportunities differs from one organization to another, even in the same industry. As said above, executives, salespeople, and field engineers are arguably the most significant examples; however, you can also consider what tasks can be accomplished by a smartphone and look to see who in your organization performs these tasks. These considerations will help you identify and target your mobile learning and development initiatives. Audience Analysis with Learner Persona Mobile learning for corporate organizations is a challenge. Too many device types owned by employees, non-availability of industry-specific training content, lack of in-depth learner engagement tools to measure training success among many more. To ensure the success of your mobile learning program you should have insights on the different learning styles of employees. Learner personas are like prototypes of your target audience. These are hypothetical characters based on their job role, skills, learning needs and preferences. It helps organizations do a comprehensive audience analysis to find out what kind of training content and delivery methodology will motivate their learners more. You need to create an in-depth questionnaire to understand their knowledge & skill level, workplace challenges, learning cycle, technology preferences to know the learning preferences of your target audience. Strike a chord across different roles, departments and age groups of the learners with this personalized approach. With this, you are done with your audience analysis for the training and ready to connect with each learner on a personal level.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1493297005621{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Learner-centric Micro-learning Your workforce is more digital savvy, culturally diverse and social media proficient today than ever before. Micro-learning based employee training comes as a perfect fit for organizations. It is short, focused, packed with rich media learning nuggets designed to achieve a specific learning outcome. This is more important in the context of a mobile learning course as the content follows a learner-centric approach. Usually, the instructional design has to reflect the attitude towards mobile learning and technology comfort levels. Thus, in-depth learner profiles during course design helps to create impactful modules personalized to the employee training needs. Michael Marketing Manager, Susan Sales Head, Melanie Management Trainee, Patrick Product Development Manager, Terry Technology Lead, Freddy Finance Manager, Frank Field Officer – all these could be unique learner personas that give you a tailored look at different types of learners and learning styles in your organization so that you can customize your mobile learning course design and content delivery in sync with their needs.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”1189″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Hurix Mobile Learning Solutions for Future Workplaces Stay ahead of the digital learning curve with learner-centric and business-focused  mobile learning solutions at Hurix. User-friendly, practical, broad-ranging, scalable, mobile solutions and support for the most popular smartphone devices and mobile learning content types, with content assignment, tracking, and reporting features. We have created interactive, multimedia-rich business-niche mobile learning content for manufacturing, retail, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, IT &ITES and many more. Our solutions are designed to help your workforce to maximize productivity and minimize downtime; and access formal learning content, reference or performance support content while on the move. Talk to us about your mobile learning needs, we would surely get back to you. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The future of immersive learning is here and now, and it’s virtual. Pegged as the next big L&D trend, virtual reality is predicted to revolutionize corporate training across businesses. As the world gets faster with technological advancements and dynamic business environments,  organizations are seeking effective strategies to skill/upskill their workforce and improve their on-the-job performances. On that account, VR in the workplace has become an instant hit. Mobile applications and game developers have already started to focus on creating high-quality virtual reality content to capture the attention of their users. Going forward, virtual reality will be able to do things formerly unthinkable, especially in the realm of training. It is expected that many professional fields such as healthcare, engineering, travel, real estate, education, military affairs and more, will readily adopt VR for training purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Below are some of the sectors poised to benefit the most from Virtual reality-based corporate training.” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:18|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:900%20bold%20regular%3A900%3Anormal”][vc_column_text] Medical Training: It’s difficult to get accurate, on-the-job training in medicine in a risk-free environment. Trainees are quick to apply VR training to their daily practice. Virtual reality helps medics master clinical skills without touching a human body. It’s finally possible to immerse trainees safely in live emergency situations with patients, nurses, and physicians, to virtually perform complex surgeries. The content flexibility in VR provides endless settings and virtual scenarios for training doctors, nurses, technicians and staff on a broad spectrum of technology, skills and techniques. It has proved a miracle for doctors to continually learn new surgery advancements in medicine using VR anytime, anywhere. All these benefits have made VR in medical training a super-specialized learning technology that is efficient, scalable and risk-free for learners. Retail Training: The store is always open for training when employers use VR to skill their staff.  Touted as the ultimate retail training tool, immersive in-store instruction for employee training is ideal for product awareness, store operations, and customer management. An irked customer, confused customer, senior citizen, child, disabled person, a massive weekend rush, Black Friday, etc., the interactive content can be customized to create various real-life work situations in retail business. With VR, retail managers can throw as many situations at trainees as they want without risking their store’s reputation or business in general. Customized to the line of business, native language, local culture, and the user’s organizational role,  VR is a breakthrough learning and training technology for the retail sector. Aerospace Training: Training in the aerospace industry is cost-intensive. And so, VR comes as a blessing for all those with burning ambition to soar the skies, as it has made aerospace training easily accessible and affordable. Today there is a wide range of advanced and professional VR content available for flight training, such as 360 degrees VR headsets and full-motion VR headsets, making it one of the most mature sectors to adopt this training technology. In addition to flight training, VR is now used to train aerospace staff on aircraft maintenance, inspection, cabin and crew responsibilities, ground controllers, etc. The dramatic reduction in training cost-to-learner gives aspirants scope for repeated practice of complex work environments to perform better. Manufacturing Sector: It is one of largest traditional employment providing sectors worldwide. Each industry/factory demands diverse expertise from its employees on product engineering, plant operations, facility management, automation software, etc. In this scenario, say management hired a young college alumnus as a technician to operate a highly complex and dangerous piece of machinery. There are two options to learn how to run the machine and understand its do’s and don’ts. One requires the newcomer actually to work the machine, and the other involves practicing with a simulation that can accurately recreate every aspect of the device itself without the potential for harm.  Even if the trainee makes a mistake during his virtual training session, he doesn’t hurt himself, the machine doesn’t break, and there are no pink slips en route to the management office. Hospitality and Tourism: VR makes it possible for professionals in the travel and tourism industry to move at a comfortable pace when learning about various destinations. So, before agents travel, they can control their itineraries with a quick virtual recce, ready to guide travelers confidently with ease. Virtual tours can include 360-degree headsets, key highlights, information, routes, accommodations, etc. during walkthroughs of popular tourist destinations. In a nutshell, virtual reality can help travel agents, tour operators and hotel managers learn more about their travel destinations, soft skills training, and customer management before they get face-to-face with sightseers and vacationers. More than a Technology Trick After starting a storm in the gaming industry, VR is ready to change the Learning and Development (L&D) landscape in the corporate world. L&D now needs VR developers to conduct customer research, identify demand trends and create customized content/applications accordingly. We at Hurix believe in the transformative power of learning and skills development using virtual reality education solutions. VR technology has the potential to complement manual training and teaching with immersive communication methods and one-to-many reach. Click here to explore our corporate training solutions that actively engage learners, resulting in faster learning, better retention, and improved decision-making[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]