Matthew Poulton, Marketing & Communications Manager, My Learning Cloud
As an organisation within the health and social care sector, you know that changes in technology, work practices and business models have created a huge opportunity to deliver continuous lifelong development. Some jobs are disappearing and many more transformed with the ever-advancing use of technology. Previously within the health and social care sector, everything was written down on paper, filed and stored and for some people, it was their sole job to manage this paper mountain.
Today however, everything is digital, online and in the cloud. It is also accessible like never before. At My Learning Cloud, we have seen a huge shift to mobile. Three years ago, 7% of our customer base accessed their learning via their mobile, today that sits at over 75%.
In response to this ever-evolving landscape, learning and development strategies and professionals should be prioritising becoming more digital ready over any other learning and development strategy and it needs to be accessible, industry specific, engaging and have a purpose.
The workforce of tomorrow will be digitally savvy, so your business and learning and development needs to work in line. Digitilisation has already had a significant impact on working practices, however we continue to think too traditionally when we think about learning and development. As new employees join the health and social care workforce, online learning will be expected as the new normal, and this will eventually phase out traditional learning and development approaches It is important that organisations continue to nurture agility, adaptability and re-skilling. Building a clear narrative with today’s workforce – start a mature conversation about the future, bring them into the decision-making process and on the journey in delivering the needs of the future workforce.
If health and social care is to become a career of choice, as an organisation you need to drive the change and embed it within your business.
By adopting a digital approach to your learning and development within health and social care, you are not only implementing a digital change to your organisation, but one that will help create a sustainable learning and development strategy for now and the future. Ultimately you are helping your workforce to deliver higher standards of care, whilst streamlining internal processes, saving on costs and resources.
My Learning Cloud are a leading provider of learning management systems and blended learning content, with over 100+ CPD certified courses. We deliver the learning and development needs to over 250,000 learners across 500+ organisations.
If you wish to find out more about My Learning Cloud, please do visit our website at www.mylearningcloud.org.uk or call us on 0800 0886109, we would love to hear from you.