I’ve spent the last month looking in my crystal ball, trying to determine what 2016 holds for the world of eLearning. Everything points to another year of big growth and opportunity. That growth and opportunity is all about maximizing the options today and tomorrow’s technology provides.
In 2016, I see three big areas of focus for eLearning: mobile, the cloud, and big data.
Mobile
Remember when you didn’t have access to the World Wide Web at your fingertips? Yeah, me neither. For today’s smartphone-toting learner, training happens wherever they have access to Wi-Fi. As a training and development professional, it’s exciting! This mobile technology means knowledge is accessible at any time and from anywhere. With mobile, the learning environment expands and opens up opportunities to create on-the-job learning like never before. Mobile creates amazing opportunities for eLearning to expand its reach and incorporate new ways of engaging with learners via experiential content they can access on a mobile device.