Enterprise learning is quickly moving from traditional classrooms to virtual training and now to social learning. Learning content too has evolved from documents to videos and beyond. The impact is felt not only on reduced costs of learning hours and increased reach but also on the learning culture of organisations. Today, there are several products and platforms at the disposal of learning departments, with new standards like TinCan enabling sharing of data and statistics across them. This talk aims to cover the trends and underlying technologies driving the change.
Talk at the CII HR summit in Pune (Sep-2014).
7. Next: live learning over the web
synchronous learning
- web-meetings, webinars
- overcome constraint of geography
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online
virtual
learning
reach
live
cost
8. Next: anytime learning over the web
asynchronous learning
- view anytime
- must have engaging content
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online
virtual
learning
reach
live
cost
async
9. Next: recreate discussion experience
realistic learning (asynchronous yet engaging)
- learn as a group
- assistive technologies
- intelligent recommenders
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online
virtual
learning
live async realistic
effectiveness
10. Trend
Information is going visual
text images video
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recall value of content
Video
50%
Images
30%
Audio
10%
11. Content going visual
images and videos
- high information density
- easy to comprehend
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text
visual
content
effectiveness
cost
video
12. Next: beyond video content (mashup)
recreate face-to-face interaction
- rich multimedia mash-ups
- even easier to comprehend
- expensive to create
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text
content recall value
visual
content
effectiveness
cost
video mashup
Video + image + text
80%
Video
50%
Images
30%
Audio
10%
13. Next: automatically created mashups
recreate face-to-face interaction
- zero authoring effort
- convert conversations to rich media content
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text
visual
content
effectiveness
cost
video mashup auto-mashup
14. Trend
Information is accessed in pull mode
search for content when required
easy discovery more re-use
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15. Discoverable content
easily accessible via search engines
- text search
- meta-data (tags) for video content
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text
content
discovery
effectiveness
cost
16. Next: Deep content discovery
search within video & mashup
- precise search within content timeline
- automatic indexing
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text
content
discovery
effectiveness
cost
video
17. Trend: Expertise is found within
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L&D no longer procuring content from outside
- best place to find knowledge is within
anybody should be able to create and share
content
expert
content
authoring
cost
everybody
18. Trend: Track learning effectiveness
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analytics lose the loop
- how do learners consume the content?
- which content is sought after?
- what are learners looking for?
- single analytics repository
- LRS: learning record store (TinCan API)
basic
learning
analytics
effectiveness
rich
19. Summary: evolution along learning dimensions
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expert
content
authoring
everybody
online
virtual
learning
live async realistic
text
visual
content
video mashup auto-mashup
text video
content
discovery
basic
learning
analytics
rich
20. Products address different regions of this spectrum
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expert
content
authoring
everybody
online
virtual
learning
live async realistic
text
visual
content
video mashup auto-mashup
text video
content
discovery
basic
learning
analytics
rich
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