Introduction
Is your continuing legal education program looking for a unique learning management system (LMS) to meet the specific needs of your legal professionals? You’ll need an LMS that offers a seamless user experience, engaging live and on-demand content, and flexible credit requirements.
Read our blog to discover three helpful ways your LMS can help your continuing legal education program reach the next level.
3 strategies to leverage an LMS to meet your continuing legal education needs
According to the latest Association Trends research, continuing education organizations must innovate to maintain their competitive edge with professional education. Your continuing legal education program can offer an innovative learning experience with the right LMS.
Here’s how to get started:
1. Offer multi-modal learning options
Association Trends research found that learners are interested in a variety of continuing education options – particularly short videos, online courses and webinars, and hands-on experiential training.
To accommodate varying learning preferences and schedules, it’s essential to offer multiple modes of learning within a single, unified learning management platform. Try offering the following multi-modal learning options with your LMS:
- Webcasts: Real-time interaction and immediate feedback make live webcasts an excellent tool to engage your learners. Webinars offer the feel of a traditional classroom while allowing your learners to participate virtually from anywhere, boosting accessibility.
- Webinars: Like webcasts, webinars are interactive but can also be recorded for later viewing. This flexibility ensures your learners can access your webinar content at their convenience.
- On-demand content: Providing a library of on-demand videos allows your learners to study at their own pace. Having an on-demand continuing legal education library is useful for busy legal professionals who need to fit learning into their unpredictable schedules.
- Just-in-time content: This form of content delivers information precisely when it’s needed, addressing immediate knowledge gaps or questions for your learners. Just-in-time content is particularly effective for learners who require quick, situational learning.
2. Repurpose your existing content
Today, your continuing legal education program has an opportunity to reach even more learners than ever. Now more than ever, your learners are turning more to their professional organization and employer as top sources for professional education content. According to Association Trends research, learners rate the quality of content higher for their professional organization.
However, building a robust continuing legal education content library doesn’t always mean creating new material from scratch. You can repurpose existing content, saving time and resources while expanding your offerings.
Here’s how to get started:
- Rebroadcasts: By rebroadcasting popular live sessions, you can reach a broader audience, providing an opportunity to revisit important topics and reinforce learning.
- Nano courses: Short, focused learning modules called “nano courses” can break down complex topics into manageable chunks. Nano-learning options are ideal for quick learning opportunities, boosting retention, and making it easy to update and reuse existing content.
3. Offer trackable credit requirements
For continuing legal education programs, it’s crucial to adhere to state credit submission requirements. Implementing scheduled checkpoints, surveys, quizzes, and other customizable interactions can help ensure compliance for your program.
Here’s how your LMS can make it easy:
- Scheduled checkpoints: Regularly scheduled checkpoints within the learning modules help track progress and ensure that learners are engaging with the material as required.
- Surveys: Post-session surveys can gather valuable feedback and verify that the content meets learners’ needs, informing future content development.
- Quizzes: Periodic quizzes reinforce learning and provide measurable data to demonstrate completion and your learners’ understanding of the material. With your LMS, you can customize quizzes to align with your state requirements.
- Customizable interactions: Tailoring interactions to meet specific state requirements ensures that your learners will fulfill their continuing legal education obligations, including attendance verification, participation tracking, or other state-specific criteria.