Trends allow training programs to stay relevant. Learn what L&D experts think of some of the most prominent trends to shape the industry in the last 5 years.

1. 2016 Training
Trends:
Quotes from L&D Experts

2. Trends help us refine our training techniques
and stay relevant to the needs of learners.
We talked to experts in learning and
development to get their opinion about
what’s big for 2016 in training trends.
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3. Karl Kapp
Professor of Instructional
Technology
Bloomsburg University
of Pennsylvania
Jathan Janove
Principal
Organization Solutions
David Zinger
Global Employee
Engagement Expert
Founder
Employee
Engagement Network
Kellye Whitney
Associate Editorial
Director
Chief Learning Officer
Insights From:
Sybil Stershic
Owner
Quality Service Marketing
Zaid Alsagoff
Principle Lead (Elearning
and Innovation)
International Medical
University
Ryan Tracey
Editorial Board
Member
eLearn Magazine

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5. Our collective mindset has shifted away from pushing everything
onto mobile devices so our people can learn outside of work
hours (which is really quite naïve) to enabling our people to use
their devices to pull in content when they need it.”
Mobile & Responsive Design
Learn More: Responsive Design
Ryan Tracey
Editorial Board
Member
eLearn Magazine

6. We have been flooded with content. Now the dam has burst
and we are flooded with learning material from a multitude of
sources, such as Coursera, Lynda, and Udemy. Our challenge is to
engage the learner. I have signed up for many online courses but
have never gone beyond the first module.”
MOOCs
Learn More: Elearning
David Zinger
Global Employee
Engagement Expert
Founder
Employee
Engagement Network

7. Gamification is no longer a buzzword. Over the last 5 years, the
discourse has changed from how gamification is going to fix
all of our ills—or that it’s a complete waste of time—to a more
constructive conversation about how game mechanics might or
might not help us improve our performance.”
Gamification
Learn More: Gamification
Ryan Tracey
Editorial Board
Member
eLearn Magazine

8. Organizations are trying out more mobile, and even Snapchat,
technology delivery systems for training use, but without the
ability to customize development options to learners’ needs in
the moment, the latest and greatest bells and whistles won’t help
as much as they could.”
Personalization & Adaptive Evaluation
Learn More: Personalized Training
Kellye Whitney
Associate Editorial
Director
Chief Learning Officer

9. It’s getting harder and harder as a CFO or a CEO to avoid the fact
that the correlation between engaged employees and success
can’t be denied. Talent is your investment.”
Employee Engagement
Learn More: Employee Engagement
Jathan Janove
Principal
Organization Solutions

10. We invite learners. We can’t make them learn, so we must strive
to ensure our invitation is compelling, and that once the invitation
is accepted the training continues to be compelling and engaging
until the very last word, video, or exercise.
Employee Engagement
Learn More: Grab the
Learner’s Attention
David Zinger
Global Employee
Engagement Expert
Founder
Employee
Engagement Network

11. It will be interesting to see how personalized learning will evolve
and potentially grow disruptively in the coming years, as Google,
Microsoft, and Facebook continue to venture into online learning
to empower everyone online to learn whatever, whenever,
wherever, however, from whomever they want.
Personalization & Adaptive Evaluation
Learn More: Quiet Leadership
Zaid Alsagoff
Principle Lead (Elearning
and Innovation)
International Medical
University

12. It’s all about identifying where learners are in their development
and creating programs and interventions to elevate them to
that next level – without forcing peers to stride along the same
learning path.”
Personalization & Adaptive Evaluation
Learn More: Blended Learning
Kellye Whitney
Associate Editorial
Director
Chief Learning Officer

13. The social connectedness, the bite-sized learning element and the
ability to access the content quickly and exactly when needed is
an invaluable way of learning in our modern, fast-paced world.”
Social Learning
Learn More: Make Social
Learning More Organic
Karl Kapp
Professor of Instructional
Technology
Bloomsburg University
of Pennsylvania

14. Whether developing employees through in-house training or
sending them off site to professional development programs or
specialized industry conferences, quality face-to-face training
provides participants the dedicated, uninterrupted time they
need to digest, discuss, adapt, and apply.
In-person Development
Learn More: Instructor-Led Training
Sybil Stershic
Owner
Quality Service Marketing

15. Learn how training
trends can improve
performance within
your company.
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