Now we’re talking!...Tools and tech for modern learning

It’s been a steep learning curve for me as a virtual learning designer here at Lektor after a couple of week’s work. Samuli and I have been throwing ideas, plans, suggestions and monologues at each other on topics including gamification, service design, customer journey, e-commercing solutions, expectation management just to name a few. Mostly we have been focusing on what we’re aiming for and how, still discussing technology and how it can bring added value to learning. We start with learning and then choose the tools, not the other way around. 

What a daunting task it is, choosing the right tech for learning. According to some estimates, there are over 1,000 LXP (Learning Experience Platform) vendors out there and dozens of authoring tools for content with varying degrees of assets and functionalities. How can one make informed decisions that support the business not only in the present but in the future as well? 

Here at Lektor, we have decided to take a pragmatic approach. To get to where we want to be, we will review LXP demos, acquire necessary admin rights and simply start testing. Learning has to happen fast: whatever supports our vision of modern learning will be seriously considered in the final design. We will create a learning “persona” whose preferences and context dictates the design decisions. We will move on to prototyping and testing our solutions with the customers as quickly as possible. Before any vendor choices, we need to do our homework on strategy and what solutions best work for our customers. This is the best part of design - imagining a possible solution and creating the steps on how to get there. 

Our journey to the cloud continues, one conversation at a time. 

Marjut