Upside Learning

JANUARY 17, 2024

It empowers them to embrace strategic prowess and redefine their influential stance within organizational ecosystems, navigating the intricate blend of workforce trends and technological strides. Her discourse ignites a call for Learning and Development (L&D) professionals to reconceptualize their roles.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

You might think. Isn’t it something more associated with games, comics and superhero movies? Well, theoretically yes. But, look at this from a different angle. Can’t we say that eLearning a realm in itself? And if anything, eLearning has been around way longer and has been evolving rapidly.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 11, 2015

A research by Global Industry Analysts (GIA), states that the “eLearning market is one of the most rapidly growing sectors in the global education industry”, predicting the global market to reach $168.8 billion by 2018.

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Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Get ready to explore a wealth of insights, trends, and strategies that pave the way for smarter learning solutions. Download the Position Paper here Explore the complete collection of Upside Learning’s Position Papers to gain a comprehensive understanding of the latest trends and strategies in the realm of learning and development.

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Upside Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The discussion encourages L&D professionals to embrace their strategic competency and reshape their crucial position within the organizational fabric as they negotiate workforce trends and technology developments.

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Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Outsourcing eLearning development has become an established trend for some years now, and most organisations big or small are known to do this regularly. Still for some the question is – why the need for custom content when so much catalogue content is easily (and mostly cheaply) available?

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Upside Learning

JUNE 23, 2021

This trend has only accelerated over the last 15 months, against the backdrop of COVID19. Elearning has become the standard mode of training for most large businesses. Many have moved to vILT in a hurry as that was the only alternative left for them, even though it may not have been the best option, but […].

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Living in a world where everything’s personal When thinking about how learning designers can practice designing personalized learning experiences, here are some of the words that come to mind: So what is it really that has triggered personalized and adaptive learning as the hot topic in recent trends?

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Upside Learning

JULY 14, 2020

At Upside Learning, we believe that a big part of honing our craft lies in keeping ourselves updated on the latest in learning design, trends, and technology.

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Upside Learning

DECEMBER 28, 2023

I know there are regular reports on L&D trends, with greater or lesser accuracy. I was talking with a colleague, and he was opining about where he sees our industry. On the other hand, had some different, and some similar thoughts. Yes, and, what’s that a signal of?

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Upside Learning

AUGUST 3, 2017

Employees have to keep up with the current trend to deliver in their roles. Change is the only constant and that certainly holds true for the retail industry that continues to evolve rapidly, resulting in the need for employees to constantly learn, adapt and evolve.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 10, 2014

A month ago when I was at Learning Technologies, Europe's leading showcase of technology supported workplace learning, I got the opportunity to briefly talk to the folks from TrainingZone magazine to discuss my thoughts on eLearning trends for 2014. Mobile Learning eLearning On Tablets'

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 15, 2014

The Open University of China has recently released an mLearning book called Global Mobile Learning Implementations and Trends. The book is available for free online here. It has been edited by Dr. Mohamed Ally (Athabasca University) and Dr. Avgoustos Tsinakos (Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology in Greece).

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Upside Learning

MAY 28, 2012

10 Major Mobile Learning Trends to Watch For. Mobile Learning: Landscape And Trends. mLearning Trends. Spotlight On Mobile Computing: Stories Of Mobile Learning. Seriously Mobile: A Community For Mobile Designers To Learn From Each Other. 7 Things You Should Know About Mobile Apps For Learning. Lessons on mLearning.

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Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

According to the ‘2013 Internet Trends’ report by Mary Meeker and Liang Wu, partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), India is ranked fifth in the world in terms of number of smartphone subscribers, with a staggering 67 million smartphone users.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 16, 2014

Talking to customers recently, I have observed an emerging trend where tablets are being seen as a dedicated device for learning.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 13, 2013

While blended learning has been a prominent trend in corporate L&D for maximizing training and development results for quite a while now, some organizations are still unsure of leveraging their Learning Management Systems (LMSs) for managing it.

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Upside Learning

JULY 11, 2023

If you experiment with something new, that could set a dangerous trend. You don’t want to rock the boat Trying new things is disruptive. It raises our profile, and there’s a potential risk. Why would you want to take the chance? What if every business unit started trying to improve things? It’s better to play it safe.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

A trend referred to as “gamification” has swept industries as diverse as marketing, travel, and even education. This article from Digital Pedagog explores the trend towards gamification, as well as some of its criticism. Gamification in Education: Epic Win, or Epic Fail?

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 8, 2013

And for us, it’s a time to relook at the posts that trended on twitter and other social channels, and were loved by our readers. 4 Key Emerging Trends in LMS. We have compiled the 50 best eLearning posts of 2012 from our blog. It’s a chance for you to catch up on some interesting stuff you might have missed the last year.

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Best eLearning Blended Learning Augmented Reality LMS 277

Upside Learning

APRIL 30, 2012

While the BYOD trend may save organizations a substantial amount of money, what they are really concerned about is data security. Mobile learning will help organizations to leverage the BYOD trend to distribute ‘ just-in-time’ training snippets that are both targeted and tracked. You can read more about the survey findings here.

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Mobile Learning Mobile Compliance Training Predictions 263

Upside Learning

JANUARY 15, 2010

Mobile Trends 2020. Mobile Trends 2020 - Contributors from around the world have contributed their thoughts on what the five most significant trends in mobile computing will be ten years from now. Interesting thoughts, worth a read.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 27, 2017

Reconfirming the trend, the […]. Earlier this year while visiting the Learning Technologies show in London, one thing that stood out for me was the advent of virtual reality (VR) on the corporate training scene. At least five different vendors on the exhibition floor had VR headsets to showcase their VR work in the training domain.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

I certainly believe that it is vital for all developers of elearning to understand these trends and adapt to the new paradigms of learning. Trends Currently Affecting Teaching, Learning, and Creative Inquiry in Higher Education: People expect to be able to work, learn, and study whenever and wherever they want to.

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Upside Learning

OCTOBER 4, 2012

This trend has only contributed more to the deluge of data. Almost in all instances, they will assist us in identifying trends, making decisions, and providing data based on the context of your location, activity, time of day, etc. User generated content is exploding on the internet, YouTube and Flickr are great examples of that.

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Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

I too had an opportunity to share my thoughts, as part of panel of power session on the future trends and tools in L&D under the track ‘Mobile Social and E-Learning’. Held in Mumbai, the event saw some eminent industry experts talk on different topics related to L&D in the workplace.

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Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The report analyzes trends and current expenditure across varied markets. It indicates that the worldwide market for mobile learning will probably grow from USD 3.2 billion (2010) to about USD 9.1 billion by 2015. That means a healthy CAGR of approximately 22.7%. By 2015, the top buying countries will be the US, China and India.

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Mobile Learning Mobile Market Summary 244

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Three Trends That Will Shape the Future of Curriculum. Here’s a look at current trends, their implications, and changes to watch for. E-Learning Trends 2011. Read this article to know how blended learning will empower hundreds of millions of youth to lead healthy and more productive lives. Here’s what they had to say.

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Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

A study conducted by the Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on the Inc 500 (a list of fastest growing companies in US) reveals interesting trends on usage of Social Media. Tags: Blended Learning Future Learning Social Learning Social Media Tools Social Media Trends.

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Upside Learning

JULY 16, 2015

Let’s have a look at 3 key trends that indicate this […]. Google was one of the first to talk about this in its 2012 report titled ‘The Multi Screen World’ However, since the publishing of the Google report, the world has changed quite a bit.

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Upside Learning

JULY 29, 2010

The Horizon Report 2010 on Mobile Computing also points out some interesting trends that will alter the way we live and learn. Hence, in response to the rising requirements, our innovation team has been taping onto the latest trends and developing new applications across various platforms such as Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Symbian etc.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 12, 2015

In 2010 we attempted to look into the future, predicting the key trends in 2015, in a blog […]. “Such is the pace of change and the need to adapt to changing situations that the practices of yesterday will not help us meet the demands of today” – Alvin Toffler Learning Technologies have evolved and how!

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Upside Learning

APRIL 15, 2010

To keep up with the happenings, trends, innovations, and other information on LMS and to ensure our teams at Upside involved in core LMS development, client implementations, client support and Innovation team are in tune with the industry we follow a host of blogs that focus specifically on LMS, learning technology, and related topics.

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Upside Learning

APRIL 12, 2010

We have an Innovation team (INP) which has the primary responsibility to keep track of the new trends. We discuss those trends internally to decide which of those needs further exploration. INP members have been assigned an area of interest and they create articles and presentations about those trends and discuss with the entire team.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 10, 2011

A trend toward integrating training with on-the-job activities will be a result. This trend will extend itself to the point that training, as a distinct function, will no longer be the primary learning vehicle for many types of jobs. In this context, the distinction between learning and work will disappear.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

10 Mobile Trends for 2011. In its annual mobile technology report, Forrester Research has outlined the trends it expects to see in the coming year. This article mentions the top 10 mobile trends to look out for in 2011. This article tells you why. Managers: How To Know When You Need to Add Training.

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Upside Learning

AUGUST 12, 2009

This survey was conducted in early 2009 and concludes – amongst other trends – that eLearning is on the rise. Tags: Training Companies eLearning eLearning Business Trends Upside Learning Workplace Learning. As the name suggests, it tries to put a pulse to what’s happening in the corporate training and development domain.

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