In the current world, technology allows us to have easy access to massive amounts of information. However, having access to information does not equate to learning.
According to Harvard Business Review, research shows when information is easy to find, employees may focus on remembering where to find answers rather than understanding the information. But it is important that true learning is not compromised just because employees have easy access to knowledge.
Harvard Business Review shares the following tips to help ensure your team continues to learn.
- Identify the knowledge your team must master. A collection of knowledge from various sources is needed for innovation, strategic thinking and decision-making. When employees are searching for the information instead of already possessing and understanding that knowledge, it will be more difficult to work at a higher level.
- Create opportunities for active learning. It is important that employees process information rather than just find and retrieve it. You can ask your team to explain pivotal ideas in their own words, discuss new information with co-workers and apply what they have learned to potential problems.
- Turn connections into opportunities to learn. Your team members can use co-workers to help them learn—rather than just pointing them to information. You can encourage peer learning, mentoring and collaborative problem-solving to help people make connections and gain understanding.
