With no one in the office, remote learning is booming in this worldwide pandemic; Small businesses are trying to reimagine their companies by getting their teams to learn new skills from experts. With employees mostly working from home, investing in your team now will boost morale and help them retrain for whatever comes next in the marketplace.
Since there is little domestic travel, online training has become an essential tool for every small business. One company, GoSkills is focusing on a new trend called microlearning by providing bite sized courses through their online website. In a study conducted by Capgemini and LinkedIn, almost half of all employees interviewed reported that they found the training programs run by their company to either be unhelpful, useless or boring. Microlearning has been found to promote learners’ engagement and to increase the efficiency with which information is transferred and retained. A recent study at Dresden University of Technology showed that learning in small chunks followed by a short quiz increases retention by 20% and learning speeds by 28%.
As a result of this trend, Bhav Chahal, CEO of GoSkills says that their signups have surged during this time of transition for so many business people. Individual learners are up 22% last month and growth of new business is up 105%. This is because companies are looking for retraining options to keep their teams positive and productive during the corona virus pandemic. GoSkills is now offering a 33% discount ($199 for individual learners) for unlimited access to the entire library for the year. Businesses can get access to GoSkills courses too for as low as $2.90/month/learner.
Companies of all sizes can also can take advantage of GoSkills offering a free learning management system right now during the coronavirus pandemic. They can use their platform to upload their own training content and invite their team or customers.
