Expert Predicts 6 Future Trends in Training
There will be a significant change in how workers learn on the job in the near future, according to experts leading a webcast presented by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD).
The “Future Trends in Training and Development” was led by Don Cook, Senior VP of Learn.com; Paula Ketter, Editor of T&D Magazine; Pat McLagan, Chair and CEO of McLagan Internationaland; and Marc Rosenberg of Marc Rosenberg & Associates.
The experts said that in the future, there will be a change in who is in charge of training. In the past, learning involved 1) a professional who managed learning and 2) a learner who implemented it, McLagan said. In the future, the learner will manage the learning and the professional will support the learner.
Rosenberg identified 6 future trends that will change how employees learn on the job:
- Learning will evolve beyond training. Under the current paradigm, the training instructor is the center of information (typically in a classroom setting) and every worker learns in the same environment. As training evolves, the focus will shift to the employee as the seeker of knowledge, with learning taking place at the moment of need. Employees will draw on many sources for their learning needs (see next item).
- Blended learning will be redefined. Traditionally, blended learning was simply a combination of online training and classroom training. The new definition will involve using a variety of sources, including online training, classroom training, mentoring, communicating with experts, knowledge repositories, etc.
- Learning will move to the workplace. In the past, training often involved many disruptions of work as employees left their work space or workplace to complete it. The new scope of learning will involve only minimal time away from work combined with work-based learning and support.
- Learning and e-learning will be less course-centric and more knowledge-centric. Instead of relying on courses alone, training will include multiple sources of knowledge, including experts, virtual communities, live events, webcasts, and information repositories to go alongside of online and classroom courses.
- Learning strategies will adapt differently to different levels of mastery. A novice and an experienced employee have different learning needs. A novice will need a more structured training format and will benefit from classroom and online learning. An experienced employee, who may even be an expert, will benefit from an informal, on-the-job training, and will use knowledge management, collaboration, and performance support. A learning program needs to be able to accommodate these learners and everyone in between.
- “Web 2.0” will revolutionize learning. Web 2.0 will make learning more interactive and personal.
To help our customers better align with these trend HRMG is launching Express Training in January 2010. Express Training is comprised of knowledge centric, 5-10 min videos, which are task specific.
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You beat me to it so I will wait until next week to update the blog. This is the draft of the blog entry (parts taken from hr.blr.com):
Expert Predicts 6 Future Trends in Training
There will be a significant change in how workers learn on the job in the near future, according to experts leading a webcast presented by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD).
The “Future Trends in Training and Development” was led by Don Cook, Senior VP of Learn.com; Paula Ketter, Editor of T&D Magazine; Pat McLagan, Chair and CEO of McLagan Internationaland; and Marc Rosenberg of Marc Rosenberg & Associates.
The experts said that in the future, there will be a change in who is in charge of training. In the past, learning involved 1) a professional who managed learning and 2) a learner who implemented it, McLagan said. In the future, the learner will manage the learning and the professional will support the learner.
Rosenberg identified 6 future trends that will change how employees learn on the job:
- Learning will evolve beyond training. Under the current paradigm, the training instructor is the center of information (typically in a classroom setting) and every worker learns in the same environment. As training evolves, the focus will shift to the employee as the seeker of knowledge, with learning taking place at the moment of need. Employees will draw on many sources for their learning needs (see next item).
- Blended learning will be redefined. Traditionally, blended learning was simply a combination of online training and classroom training. The new definition will involve using a variety of sources, including online training, classroom training, mentoring, communicating with experts, knowledge repositories, etc.
- Learning will move to the workplace. In the past, training often involved many disruptions of work as employees left their work space or workplace to complete it. The new scope of learning will involve only minimal time away from work combined with work-based learning and support.
- Learning and e-learning will be less course-centric and more knowledge-centric. Instead of relying on courses alone, training will include multiple sources of knowledge, including experts, virtual communities, live events, webcasts, and information repositories to go alongside of online and classroom courses.
- Learning strategies will adapt differently to different levels of mastery. A novice and an experienced employee have different learning needs. A novice will need a more structured training format and will benefit from classroom and online learning. An experienced employee, who may even be an expert, will benefit from an informal, on-the-job training, and will use knowledge management, collaboration, and performance support. A learning program needs to be able to accommodate these learners and everyone in between.
- “Web 2.0” will revolutionize learning. Web 2.0 will make learning more interactive and personal.
To help our customers better align with these trend HRMG is launching Express Training in January 2010. Express Training comprises of knowledge centric, 5-10 min videos. These videos are task specific. Click here to review the two of the Express Training videos.
I need to edit this down a bit.
