1. H O W T E C H I S R E D E F I N I N G T H E
W A Y M I L L E N N I A L S L E A R N
B U S I N E S S
B Y J A K E C R O M A N

2. I N T R O
We hear a lot about how millennials work. From
workflow tools like Basecamp to telecommuting
to meetings via Skype, millennials operate in an
incredibly mobile, transparent, and collaborative
manner.
Tech plays a major role in the professional lives
of millennials. As a generation of digital natives,
millennials embrace technology much more
quickly. This is revolutionizing the way they learn
business, too. Here’s how:

3. You’ve probably heard that
millennials aren’t big fans of the 9-5
schedule. As Elizabeth Dukes, an
entrepreneur, notes, this is because a
flexible workday aligns with their
desire for a work-life balance and
the on-demand nature of the
economy. It’s made possible through
the power of technology, which
ensures seamless communication
and continuous collaboration.
Similarly, learning business — whether
training at a company or studying in
school — has gone beyond the
traditional classroom. From watching
training videos while riding the
subway to discussing a project from
the coffee shop, millennials learn from
anywhere. That’s thanks to mobile
technologies and the online nature of
learning today.
TECH MAKES BUSINESS
LEARNING MOBILE AND
FLEXIBLE

4. F O R
I N S T A N C E . . .
... you can now obtain an MBA entirely online
through reputable institutions, including Indiana
University, University of Florida, and Temple
University. These programs often enable
students to complete work in accordance with
their own schedule. For the bulk of your
education, you could be living hundreds, if not
thousands, of miles away and not even step foot
on campus.
At businesses, fully mobile learning and training
have been rising fast to meet millennial
demands for flexibility. 87% of organizations that
have a learning management system employ a
cloud-based tool so employees can access
educational content from home and on the go, in
addition to at work.

5. T E C H M A K E S T H E B U S I N E S S
L E A R N I N G P R O C E S S P E R S O N A L I Z E D
A N D C O L L A B O R A T I V E
G o n e a r e t h e d a y s o f a o n e - s i z e - f i t s - a l l a p p r o a c h t o l e a r n i n g .
M i l l e n n i a l s h a v e t h e t o o l s i n t h e i r h a n d s t o q u i c k l y o b t a i n
k n o w l e d g e a n d s k i l l s t h e y s p e c i f i c a l l y n e e d t o k n o w .
Take a look at modern workforces. They’re constantly sharing knowledge and skills
through communication and workflow tools. For example, teams are using Slack to
group and categorize conversations and information, giving them the ability to build a
knowledge base that meets the learning needs of the workforce. Millennial workers
can have a question solved in literally seconds by a team member that has the answer.
Beyond that, companies are having employees take online courses to bolster skills
necessary for the job. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) serve as a convenient
option. They’re becoming increasingly popular for businesses to develop skills their
millennial employees need. For example, Google signed 80,000 of its employees up for
Udacity’s HTML5 course recently.

6. C L O U D - B A S E D
L E A R N I N G
M A N A G E M E N T
S Y S T E M S
are highly useful for educators
and businesses that seek to
personalize learning for
millennials. Such systems, like
Litmos and TalentLMS, allow
for tracking progress, building
personalized educational
plans, crowdsourcing
information and research, and
creating custom courses and
content.

7. T E C H M A K E S B U S I N E S S
L E A R N I N G M O R E
E F F I C I E N T
W h i l e s i t t i n g i n c l a s s r o o m s f o r a n h o u r ,
o r t h r e e , i s s t i l l h e r e , u n i v e r s i t i e s ,
c o m p a n i e s , a n d o t h e r o r g a n i z a t i o n s
h a v e e m b r a c e d t h e n e w w a y o f
l e a r n i n g . I t s m o b i l e , f l e x i b l e ,
c o l l a b o r a t i v e , a n d c u s t o m i z e d n a t u r e
m a k e s i t m o r e e f f e c t i v e .
R e s e a r c h f i n d i n g s h i g h l i g h t j u s t h o w
v a l u a b l e t e c h n o l o g y c a n b e i n h e l p i n g
m i l l e n n i a l s l e a r n a b u s i n e s s . C o m p a n i e s
m i s s o u t b y n o t a d a p t i n g t o h o w
m i l l e n n i a l s l e a r n b u s i n e s s t o d a y .

8. For instance, it’s estimated that
e-learners can absorb nearly five
times the amount of
information those in a
traditional classroom setting
can. New learning methods offer
millennials the chance to
develop more quickly — and at a
lower cost to their employers.
Additionally, since learning is more
mobile and flexible, microlearning,
which is learning in bite-sized
chunks for three to seven minutes,
has become more popular. Research
shows microlearning actually makes
the transfer of knowledge 17% more
efficient, so this style of educating
will likely be increasingly utilized by
educators and businesses.

9. G O I N G F O R W A R D
B O O K R E P O R T
Millennials became the largest generation in
the workforce in 2015, according to the Pew
Research Center. This makes it vital to
understand how tech has redefined the way
they learn business.
Just as the 9-5 grind may be a thing of the
past, so too may the traditional classroom
style of learning. Those companies that adopt
the new technologies and approaches
needed to educate and train millennials
stand to gain the most.

10. T H A N K Y O U
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