4 Benefits of Collaborative Learning to Employers and Employees Infographic

4 Benefits of Collaborative Learning to Employers and Employees Infographic

Technological advances make collaborative learning across global workforces much more achievable. Cloud-based tools ensure ease of file sharing and cross-team working, with online forums and Communities of Practice allowing engagement and knowledge sharing in a virtual space, be it in an informal or formal sense. This infographic presents 4 benefits to the employer and to the employee of creating a collaborative learning workplace environment.

Advantages to the Employee

• Employees benefit directly through knowledge sharing and a subsequent increase in skills.
• Collaborative working facilitates brainstorming and offers employees the potential to innovate faster.
• Introverts who may have struggled previously to engage in discussion, are more likely to do so via collaborative learning techniques in smaller groups.
• Collaborative learning activities encourage creative thinking skills in a workforce with learners having to think, articulate and receive clarity on their competencies.

Advantages to the Company

• Shared learning can help facilitate cross-team working and allow for transference of skills, building a more knowledgeable and ultimately efficient workforce.
• The Next Generation Workforce (NGW) wish to work in a collaborative organisation so applying this learning style will showcase the company as a forward thinking workplace.
• Building an engaging workforce in this way can increase employee retention and job satisfaction.
• This technique allows employees to foster relationships across remote offices, identifying champions of learning in certain areas and allowing for ease of rewarding.

See also: Questions and Answers about Collaborative Learning Infographic