{"id":1741,"date":"2018-10-02T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T08:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/modernworkplacelearning.com\/magazine\/?p=1741"},"modified":"2018-12-24T09:37:21","modified_gmt":"2018-12-24T09:37:21","slug":"what-does-the-top-tools-for-learning-2018-list-tell-us-about-the-future-direction-of-ld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/modernworkplacelearning.com\/magazine\/what-does-the-top-tools-for-learning-2018-list-tell-us-about-the-future-direction-of-ld\/","title":{"rendered":"What does the Top Tools for Learning 2018 list tell us about the future direction of L&D?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Last week I released the Top 200 Tools for Learning 2018<\/a> list – the latest episode in my longitudinal study into the popularity of tools for learning as well as learning behaviour.<\/p>\n

I also wrote an analysis of the list and identified 10 Trends for Digital Learning in 2018<\/a>.\u00a0 But for me 3 key things jump out:<\/p>\n

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  1. More and more people are learning for themselves – \u00a0in whatever way that suits them best \u2013 whether it is finding resources or online courses on the Web or interacting with their professional network. And they do all\u00a0this for a variety of reasons: to solve problems, self-improve and prepare themselves for the future, etc.<\/li>\n
  2. Learning at work is becoming more personal and continuous in that it is a key part of many professional’s working day. And what\u2019s more people are not only organising their own learning activities, they are also indeed managing their own development too –\u00a0 either with (informal) digital notebooks, or with (formal) personal learning platforms.<\/li>\n
  3. But it is in team collaboration where most of their daily learning takes place, and many now recognise and value the social collaboration platforms that underpin their daily interactions with colleagues as part of their daily work.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In other words, many people now see workplace learning as not just something that happens irregularly in corporate training, but as a continuous and on demand activity.<\/p>\n

    And yet if you compare the personal tools that modern day professionals are using to learn, with the enterprise tools that are used for workplace learning, there are some big differences. [Take a look at the diagram below that compares the Top 100 Tools for Personal & Professional Learning (PPL100) with the Top 100 Tools for Workplace Learning (WPL100) in terms of the frequency of learning.]<\/p>\nppl100vwpl100<\/a>\n

    The diagram shows clearly that the tools for workplace learning are clearly aimed at their use for designing and managing content and courses (for irregular use), and whilst we see a growing number of enterprise and team collaboration tools being recognised as tools that support continuous social\/group work-based learning, there are very few tools that support personal, continuous learning at work \u2013 the vast majority are personal and professional tools.<\/p>\n

    In other words, continuing to focus solely on course and content development means that L&D is missing the bigger picture and the wider opportunities that are now on offer, namely<\/p>\n