UK – Community-based learning a priority during pandemic, LinkedIn finds

11 March 2021 UK organisations are encouraging employees to learn skills together to foster a sense of belonging amid the pandemic and the rise of remote working, according to a new report from LinkedIn Learning, the learning platform from LinkedIn.The report found that 75% of UK Learning and Development professionals say that community-based learning is more important to their businesses today than before the global pandemic, 84% believe it improves employee engagement, and 94% agree that teams that learn together are ultimately more successful. LinkedIn Learning’s ‘2021 Workplace Learning Report’ surveyed 150 Learning and Development professionals at UK organisations to explore how companies are approaching workforce learning and development in the year ahead.It also found that employee development has become a higher business priority since Covid-19, with 63% of L&D professionals saying that their CEO has become an active champion of workplace learning. It also highlighted that companies are encouraging employees to learn together by using social features such as chat software, online learning groups and course recommendations, which can help improve engagement.Data from LinkedIn Learning also found that learners who use social features, on average watch 30 times more hours of learning content than those that do not.Meanwhile, priority focus…
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