This document discusses emerging technology trends in eLearning, including higher orders of reuse through mashups and remixing content. It notes that self-organizing networks allow for serendipitous connections like those found in public spaces. Complex systems are moving away from simple hierarchies to more chaotic structures. Content is powering online communities through elements like content as a service, repositories, authoritative versions, and analytics. Legacy eLearning systems are transitioning to next generation approaches using activity streams, web services, and intelligent tutoring driven by content.

2. ( )
Technology Trends on the
Horizon: Where eLearning
is Headed
Aaron E. Silvers,
Chief Learning Officer - Problem Solutions,
Contracted to Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL)
November 3, 2011

5. ( The Horizon
What powers eLearning tomorrow
builds on today’s technology,
developing a learner’s adaptive stance.
)

8. ( What I want for you...
)
⊛ Take notes, tweet,
share your questions.
⊛ Follow up on anything
you find relevant.
⊛ Ask your service
providers and vendors
about how they’ll help
you keep up with
these trends.

11. ( Prologue
)

14. ( Pubs, Tea
Houses &
Coffeeshops
Diverse groups and individuals get together,
co-mingle and work.
)

17. ( Things made in
Coffeeshops... Electricity
)

20. ( The Insurance Industry
)

23. ( Modern Democracy
)

26. ( The Eagle and Child
)

29. ( The Inklings
)

32. ( Self-
Organizing
Networks
Opportunities for serendipity in
)
such spaces reflect how our
brains create new connections.

35. ( Higher Orders of
Reuse
#trend:
Reusing (and repurposing) entire technologies
)

38. ( Mash-up
Artists
Repurposing/remixing are trends
)
of reuse that span 50 years of
recorded music.

41. ( The Beach Boys were
pioneers. )

44. ( Brian Eno & David Byrne
took it to another level. )

47. ( Recontextualized
In each of these examples,
)
artists take a sound that has
meaning on its own and
recontextualize it to produce a
new musical experience.
This is a metaphor for the
trends in eLearning.

50. ( Social Business The interplay of work and learning.
)

53. ( Organization Charts (ugh...)
)

56. ( Alfred
Chandler
Chandler developed & promoted
)
the concept of management
hierarchy in the workplace:
“Hierarchical structure increases
productivity, lowers cost.”

58. Productivity Cost

59. Productivity Cost
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61. Productivity Cost

63. ( My Point...
)

64. ( My Point...
)
Complex
Simple

65. ( My Point...
)
Complex Complicated
Simple

66. ( My Point...
)
Complex Complicated
Chaos Simple

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72. ( Communities
Powered by Content
#trend
)

75. ( Elements of Content-
Powered Communities
⊛ Content as a Service (CaaS)
)
⊛ Repositories
(Content Servers)
Content
⊛ Authoritative Versions
(“Latest & Greatest”)
⊛ Better Interfaces
⊛ APIs
⊛ Metadata
⊛ Social Metadata
⊛ Learner data

78. ( Elements of Content-
Powered Communities
Community )
⊛ Social Learning with
Collaborative Structure
⊛ Frictionless Experiences
⊛ Search, Discovery and
Suggestion
⊛ Semantic Analysis
⊛ Powerful Analytics

81. ( What does this
mean to you?
What if you already have a big implemenation?
What if you’re working now on requirements?
)

84. Legacy Next Generation
( )
Data Model Activity Streams
JavaScript API Web Services
Intelligent Tutoring,
Sequencing & Navigation
Suggestion Engines
Registries, Repositories
Registries & Repositories powering Content as a
Service

85. Legacy SCORM
Legacy Next Generation
( )
Data Model Activity Streams
JavaScript API Web Services
Intelligent Tutoring,
Sequencing & Navigation
Suggestion Engines
Registries, Repositories
Registries & Repositories powering Content as a
Service

86. Legacy SCORM Next Generation SCORM
Legacy Next Generation
( )
Data Model Activity Streams
JavaScript API Web Services
Intelligent Tutoring,
Sequencing & Navigation
Suggestion Engines
Registries, Repositories
Registries & Repositories powering Content as a
Service

90. ( What is Business
Asking For? )
⊛ Communities mediated through technology.
⊛ Content intelligently suggested in context of
community activity.
⊛ “Frictionless” experiences that span
multiple devices, tools and situations.
⊛ Robust analytics tying online activities to
performance metrics.

93. ( Rolling Your Own:
Open Source Community
Platforms )
⊛ Drupal Commons ⊛ BuddyPress
⊛ World Economic ⊛ GigaOM
Forum
⊛ Virginia Tech Carilion
⊛ Turner Broadcasting School of Medicine
⊛ Nvidia ⊛ MSU School of
Journalism
⊛ Symantec
⊛ CUNY Academic
Commons
⊛ Amplify

96. ( Chaordic Models:
Self-Organized & “Organized” )

97. ( Chaordic Models:
Self-Organized & “Organized” )

98. ( Chaordic Models:
Self-Organized & “Organized” )

99. ( Chaordic Models:
Self-Organized & “Organized” )

102. ( The Mash-Up
⊛ Talent Management Systems that marry
)
experience with content and performance
data
⊛ eCommerce systems that subtly recommend
products as customer service and sales tools
analyze customer-facing communications
⊛ Competency systems that coach young
leaders in their electronic communications
with direct reports, partners and
stakeholders.
⊛ These services can extend existing platforms
(some assembly required).

105. ( Augmented Reality:
Performance in-Place
#trend
)

108. ( It’s About Performance...
)

111. ( It’s About
Performance...
The Power of Planograms
)

114. ( ...And It’s In Your Hands
)

117. ( )

118. ( )
Digital Graffiti

121. ( )
Animated Terrain

124. ( ...And It’s In Your Hands
)

127. ( How does Augmented
Reality Fit In? )
⊛ It’s performance support.
⊛ It’s a vehicle for coaching-in-context.
⊛ It’s a canvas for immersive learning
experiences.

130. ( How to Play
Today...
ARIS is a platform built for Augmented Reality &
Interactive Storytelling.
)

133. ( Analytics Change
Everything
#trend
)

136. ( )

139. ( )

142. ( Activity Streams:
The Hotness )

145. ( )

148. ( Simplicity Power
)

150. I Did This

151. ( I Did This
)

152. I Did This

153. Noun Verb Object

154. ( Noun Verb Object
)

155. Noun Verb Object

157. ( Social Metadata:
How People Use Stuff )
⊛ Activity Streams, as just one example...
⊛ Highlight people and how they use stuff.
⊛ Highlight how “stuff” gets used.

160. ( The Learning Registry
)

163. ( What Will it Mean
for Your Company? )
⊛ Document Management
⊛ Knowledge Management
⊛ Project Management
⊛ Mergers & Acquisitions
⊛ Legal...

166. ( What Will This
Mean For You? )
⊛ Data-driven decisions about continuous
improvment.
⊛ You and I will both see how I’m developing
and performing.

169. ( Badges for
Competencies
#trend
)

172. ( LinkedIn
)

175. ( Badges:
Scouting > Gamification )

178. ( Badges for New
Skills
⊛ Young learners from disenfranchised
)
communities who participate in hackfest
competitions demonstrate a mastery of
engineering robotics, but no high school
diploma.
⊛ Web developers soak up O’Reilly texts,
coursework from P2PU, but lack enrollment
in an accredited institution.
⊛ Entrepreneurs generating $950K in revenue
audit all online courses from a state school
but lack the degree credential required to be
approved as a mentor in a university
program.

181. ( What Does It Mean
for Your Company? )
⊛ Captures and translates what employees
know and learn across contexts.
⊛ Encourages participation tethered to results.
⊛ Formalizes and enhances social aspects of
interest-driven learning.
⊛ The processes and practices that make your
company great can be formalized and
adopted by your customers, partners and
stakeholders.

184. ( Wrapping Things
Up
)

187. ( Trends on the
Horizon
⊛ Content Powered Communities
)
⊛ Next Generation SCORM
⊛ Augmented Reality: Performance-in-Place
⊛ A means for creating immersive learning
experiences
⊛ Analytics Change Everything
⊛ Project Tin Can & Learning Registry
⊛ Badges for Competencies
⊛ Mozilla Badges

190. ( Cheers!
)
⊛ Aaron E. Silvers
⊛ Chief Learning Officer, Problem Solutions
⊛ Contracted to Advanced Distributed
Learning (ADL)
⊛ http://adlnet.gov/
⊛ @ADL_Initiative
⊛ aaron.silvers.ctr@adlnet.gov
⊛ @aaronesilvers
⊛ http://about.me/aaronesilvers