Trending 2016What worked, what didn’t, and what’s next in training trends

Table of Contents

Intro/Why Do We Love Trends?

Trends

Mobile & Responsive Design

Wearable Tech & Virtual Reality

MOOCs

Video

Gamification

Personalization & Adaptive Evaluation

Design Thinking

Social Learning

Microlearning

Engagement Portal

IN THE SWIFTLY MOVING ROTATION OF WHAT’S NEW AND WHAT’S NEXT, IT CAN BE HARD TO KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD USE OR WHAT WILL WORK FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION.

Ron Zamir, AllenComm CEO

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It’s only human to love new, shiny toys, and there’s nothing wrong with getting excited about trends. But if the only reason to use a trend is the cool factor, it’s time to take a step back. That’s why we’ve gathered the top 10 trends from 2011-2015, analyzed how effective they were, and made our predictions about how they could continue to evolve.

GUIDE: As you read through the trends you’ll see the following symbols that represent

our conclusions about the vitality of each trend:

It’s Worth It

This trend is real, effective, and worth your investment.

On The Rise

This trend has the potential to be big, but hasn’t fully

arrived yet.

Didn’t Pan Out

This trend didn’t live up to the hype, and isn’t recommended

for most companies.

WORTH ITDIDN’T PAN OUT

ON THE RISE

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Mobile & Responsive Design

Take advantage of how mobile tech makes training accessible on the job and provide reference tools that don’t take learners away from their work. Make work and learning simultaneous and seamless.

WORTH IT

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Wearable Tech & Virtual Reality

Wearable tech is unlikely to offer anything significantly better than phones or tablets for most organizations, so don’t expect to see this coming into widespread use in learning and development in the near future.

DIDN’T PAN OUT

DIDN’T PAN OUT

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MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course)

The potential for massive open online courses seemed limitless when they first came onto the scene, but that potential has never been realized in the training industry.

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Video

Video has taken off in a big way. The cost to create high-quality video has dropped, as has demand on bandwidth.

WORTH IT

Gamification

The rise of gamification hasn’t been quite as swift as video, but it is growing quickly. Companies must take care that games continue to be a supporting tool for engagement without becoming a distraction.

WORTH IT

ON THE RISE

Personalization & Adaptive Evaluation

In addition to the drive for more flexibility in instructional design with agile and adaptive design movements, evaluation and personalization in the courses themselves have been a hot topic for several years.

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Design Thinking

WORTH IT

Design thinking is integrated into a creative process— a team-based approach to innovation—which should result in an innovative solution that makes a significant difference for learners and business.

Social Learning

Whether we take advantage of it or not, the rapid ideation and high participation rates of our learners in social media make social learning a powerful trend.

ON THE RISE

Microlearning will explode in popularity as companies realize the opportunities it gives them for personalized, cost-effective, flexible, just-in-time training.

Microlearning

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WORTH IT

Engagement Portal

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WORTH IT

Expanding our point of view from content centric to a holistic experience is an important trend that will strengthen training leaders and become a critical bridge to other parts of your organization.

EVEN AFTER KNOWING WHICH TRENDS HAVE PRODUCED RESULTS, IT ISN’T EASY TO KNOW WHICH OF THOSE WILL BE MOST EFFECTIVE FOR YOU. EVERY COMPANY HAS UNIQUE NEEDS AND LEARNERS. EVERY COMPANY IS AT A DIFFERENT POINT IN THE EVOLUTION OF THEIR CURRICULUM.

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Ron Zamir, AllenComm CEO

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