Why and How to Create a Learning Pathway
A Session by James Young (Chief Learning Officer, Product Community)
About this Session
Fostering connection is an important part of what most learning businesses do. They rally people around ideas, to solve problems, and to improve the fields, professions, or industries they serve. Regular new programming drives this connection.
A common staple in many learning businesses’ portfolios is single-use, one-and-done programming. You probably offer plenty of events, experiences, courses, Webinars, and other content. But what if your offerings built on each other and motivated learners to engage deeply, socially, and meaningfully over time?
A learning pathway is a structured and personalized approach that caters to diverse learner needs, interests, and career goals. Pathways allow learners to connect disparate experiences into a coherent journey. When successfully designed and implemented, learning pathways can be a boon to new product development, revenue growth, and learner outcomes.
This session will explore the steps to develop and structure learning pathways that are effective, infectious, and usable. It will draw on multiple examples, including a pathway to guide new associations members as they build a network and create community, a pathway leading to a certificate, and an a la carte pathway.
Investing and implementing learning pathways results in more choice and cohesion in what and how to learn, deeper learning, enhanced skills, stronger connection to the community, an enhanced peer network, and opportunities to share, shape, and evolve practice.
Moderators
Co-Founder, Managing Director, Tagoras
Jeff coined the term "learning business." Through his writing, speaking, and advising, he helps those organizations focused on the business of continuing education, professional development, and lifelong learning increase their reach, revenue, and impact.
Co-Founder, Managing Director, Tagoras
Celisa has worked in and for learning businesses for over two decades and is committed to developing resources to help them improve their reach, revenue, and impact.
Operations Manager, Tagoras
