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2019 eLearning Predictions – Hype Curve

Web Courseworks

During this period of maximum hype, the new concepts become incessantly repeated buzzwords that are routinely slotted into conference presentation titles, blog posts and social media jottings. Seeing the negativity around the word, people stop using it in the titles of articles, blog posts, and conference presentations.

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The Average Joe imperative

E-Learning Provocateur

In fact, while we experienced a peak of inflated expectations with Second Life, and then the trough of disillusionment, I don’t think as a profession we ever reached the slope of enlightenment, let alone the plateau of productivity. So what happened? To me it’s simple: Second Life failed to accommodate Average Joe.

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eLearning Hype Curve: Our Predictions for 2019

Web Courseworks

During this period of maximum hype, the new concepts become incessantly repeated buzzwords that are routinely slotted into conference presentation titles, blog posts and social media jottings. Seeing the negativity around the word, people stop using it in the titles of articles, blog posts, and conference presentations.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Web Courseworks

The Army Research Laboratory in Orlando, Florida (the Silicon Valley of simulation), is, a source tells us, leaning toward specifying xAPI (see below) as the standard for LMS-simulator communication. It’s a great attractor for learning experiences at conferences and multi-day live courses. Slope of Enlightenment.

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2016 eLearning Hype Curve Predictions

Web Courseworks

We think this one has a relatively clear path to the Plateau of Productivity. Peak of Inflated Expectations: xAPI and Badges. At the big eLearning conferences this year, roughly 50% of sessions and exhibitor booths were focused on either xAPI or Badges. In xAPI’s favor, the U.S. That’s fighting a war on two fronts.

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2016 eLearning Hype Curve Predictions

Web Courseworks

We think this one has a relatively clear path to the Plateau of Productivity. Peak of Inflated Expectations: xAPI and Badges. At the big eLearning conferences this year, roughly 50% of sessions and exhibitor booths were focused on either xAPI or Badges. In xAPI’s favor, the U.S. That’s fighting a war on two fronts.

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2017 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Web Courseworks

We were surprised to find Amazon recruiting aggressively at the eLearning Guild’s DevLearn conference. A newer standard than even xAPI, Caliper is somewhat less ambitious than xAPI in the number of use cases considered and APIs specified. CHEST-Web Courseworks xAPI pilot. Standardized connectors need to be built.