See also - Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008 I was talking with someone last night who asked me what some of the bigger eLearning Trends were. But I also promised to point him to some of my posts that I thought would help him get a handle on the most important eLearning Trends going on today: eLearning Trend #1 - eLearning 2.0 - see What is eLearning 2.0? Other eLearning Trends - Hot Topics in Training - A Crude (but mildly interesting) Analysis This is a hopeless exercise because of the depth and breadth of what's happening in eLearning. told him about eLearning 2.0 MORE >>

With that comes trends. Trend 1. This is one of the most shocking trends in the space – the significant lack of mobile learning in these systems. An even more disturbing trend is the lack of SMS (text messaging) in education systems, even though numerous reports have found that students of all ages are using text messaging more than e-mail. . Trend 2. Trend 3. Trend 4. Trend 5. Trend 6. More trends than you can shake a ruler at. Many in the education market are still in love with open source systems, such as Moodle. MORE >>

Sharon Boller , President of Bottom-Line Performance, has authored a new white paper: “Learning Trends, Technologies and Opportunities.” In section two, “Emerging Trends and Technologies,” Sharon shares the 7 learning trends that will grow in 2013 and beyond: 1. We will be sharing each trend from the white paper for next few weeks right here on the Lessons on Learning Blog as well. BLP News e-Learning emerging trends and technologies game based learning Learning Games Mobile Learning Social Learning emerging trends learning design white pape MORE >>

'As we enter into the early phases of MOOCs, we are now starting to see some early trends, particularly as more institutions start to jump on board. Speaking of which, it’s interesting to note that only 10% of schools offer or plan to offer any type of online course – which means the groundwork is there for MOOCs to gain some traction in years to come. Interestingly though, 44% of schools don’t have any plans to offer MOOCs. think this is because most are waiting on the sidelines to see how everything plays out. Time will tell what MOOCs become. MOOCs MORE >>

How will you integrate these trends in your business in 2012? What is social learning?  What are the best social learning practices? This recent article from Sharlyn Lauby at Mashable and the American Express OPEN Forum cites the 2011 Training Industry Report from Training Magazine which states that total expenditures in training appear to be increasing. The amount spent on training jumped about 13% from 2010, including increases in overall training budgets and payroll, and spending on outside products and services. Gamification – Games to learn at work?  John Hillsman. RD Blog 1. MORE >>