2016 will see companies further utilizing the wide potential of the possibilities modern technology brings to the field of employee training. It will be associated primarily with the arrival of the youngest generation of workers who will replace the strong postwar generation. According to the British Training Zone website, we can expect the following trends in the use of modern employee training technologies.
1. Gamification
Engaging gameplay elements in education has already become a very good business. Global investments in education gamification increased from $2 billion in 2010 to $7.4 billion in 2015. More than half of corporate processes already contain some gameplay elements. The major contribution of gamification is strengthening the motivation of learners to develop not only their soft skills, but also their hard skills.
2. Mobile training
As the use of mobile devices grows in everyday life, it will grow in the field of employee training. One of the main tasks of corporate education departments will be to ensure sharing training content on various devices. Special education programs developed specifically for mobile devices will become more common. They will take the form of short courses with a strong representation of video content.
3. Personalization
The time when all employees learned in the same style and at the same time has already passed. Corporate training is moving towards personalization in the form of respecting individual training needs, individual pace, individual styles and individually selected locations.
4. Integration of employee development processes
Corporate training will become increasingly integrated into talent management strategies. Learning management systems (LMS) will contain more detailed data on employee career development and strive to integrate succession planning into employee development. The goal is more than obvious: being able to focus training on what will bring the greatest business value.
5. Cloud technologies
Cloud corporate training systems provide several advantages. In addition to greater flexibility compared with traditional LMS, these include mainly lower implementation and maintenance costs, easier access and a wide range of functions that facilitate learning anytime and anywhere. Given the fact that the number of cloud LMS providers is growing rapidly, the quality of services they can offer companies will play a crucial role.
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