Top Five Types of Learning Content You Should Get Off-The-Shelf

There are always mixed views about off the shelf content. While some learning administrations feel that off the shelf courses have massively helped them in driving learning and development in their organization, some learning administrators feel otherwise.

They feel that off the shelf is a good to have asset but in terms of meeting performance goals it barely meets the standards.

We can debate about this topic later and perhaps it is for us to talk about in another article.

While there can be two views about how much value off the eLearning course have added value to the learning and development culture of an organization, there is definitely a consensus about the fact that eLearning is a great tool to create a uniformity in the learning and development culture of any organization and make learning a critical part of the professional development process of an employee.

So, let us quickly understand what is off the self-content and what are the five types of learning content that you should get off the shelf.

Off the shelf eLearning course has more than one purpose. In some organizations off the shelf eLearning course are used as a part of orientation towards the must have skills for professionals at a certain level.

In some organizations it is also used to introduce new skills to a set of high potentials. A lot of organizations use an eLearning library which comprises of more than one eLearning course on various topics, ranging from technical to soft skills to nurture the interest of a professional towards learning new skills and develop new areas of interest which further translates into a potential learning need.

Off the shelf eLearning course are readily accessible learning resources which promotes learning as the key to employee development.

So, what are the course which have been a favourite.

Following is the list of 5 must have learning content that most of the clients we work with have shown interest on:

· New Employee Onboarding: Support your new employees during their transition phase, help them learn skills that will help them up their learning curve

· Managerial Effectiveness Program: A list of courses based on the must have skills for any new manager

· Stakeholder Management: Help your employees better their stakeholder interaction and come across as credible if they function in a multi stakeholder environment or if they want to prepare for larger role in their organization

· Sales Effectiveness: This can be easily turned to a premium course with all the essential competencies for a team which is looking to enhance it’s sales capability

· Communication: Who doesn’t require it? Does not matter what level you are in this series will always come handy to anyone in your organization who is looking at revisiting the basic guidelines of professional communication

Of course, you can expand this list, you can increase the number of courses in the list but to us these 5 topics should be a good starting point if you are looking at building your eLearning library.

These are your top five types of learning content you should get off-the-shelf