Corporate learning has witnessed dramatic changes in the recent past. Fresh trends appear in the corporate learning landscape from time to time. At present, the following trends rule the realm of corporate training. Continue reading…

Learning becomes mobile, though desktops are not at all extinct

The love for desktops is difficult to ignore. Organisations, to date, want their training sessions to work on desktops. However, companies require these sessions to not solely be functional on desktops. At present, more and more clients want training providers to design corporate training programs for tablets and mobiles as well. Organisations want their programs to be iPad as well as android friendly. Further, several organisations require learning programs (running on desktops) to be designed in HTML5.

A shift from full-sized course

Presently, there is a performance support component in every business learning module. A full-sized session never gives learners an opportunity to practice whatever they have learnt so far. Hence, many solution providers discourage companies to enrol for such courses. Rather, the focus, nowadays, is on little learning titbits. Many companies as well as training providers focus on forgetting curve. Thus, trainees are given a short training session and an elaborate practice session to refresh whatever they have learnt.

More focus on gamification

As per a recent research report (given by a global research organisation, Markets and Markets), gamification, at present, is worth $421 million. The sector is expected to burgeon up to $5.5 billion by early 2018. Gamification is, by far, the most interactive way to make anyone learn. In gamification, a learner grasps concepts of a subject by playing specially designed games (interactive learning). Most corporate giants want their soft skills training sessions to be designed with the help of gamification itself.

More informal learning sessions

Companies, nowadays, focus on having informal learning sessions rather than their formal counterparts. Also known as social learning programs, informal sessions are difficult to implement in a controlled way. For instance, thinking of retail training programs having an informal approach can be a disaster. The trend of informal training is growing at a slow pace.