Googlisation and collaboration voted the most influential trends in Learning Technologies keynote debate
Brightwave's Question Time-style debate called 'A road map to 2020: How can learning technologies support fast-changing business practice?' last week cast new light on the future of learning technologies.
"I'd like to see a lot more liaison with stakeholders outside of L&D. If we're not talking to people and asking what they need, we're going to remain in the ghetto." Donald H Taylor, debate chair
A Question Time-style debate called 'A road map to 2020: How can learning technologies support fast-changing business practice?' last week cast new light on the future of learning technologies.
Hosted by e-learning specialist Brightwave at the Learning Technologies 2011 Exhibition on 26th January, the debate provided fascinating insights into the next ten years of L&D at a pivotal time for the industry.
Results from the live audience voting included:-
• 55% thought learning technologies had a critical role to play in improving workplace performance over the next 10 years
• 36% thought social media / collaborative tools would be the technology that would make the biggest impact by 2020
• 47% thought a positive learning culture was the most important thing to put in place other than technology
• 31% thought Google / the power of search would be the trend from our personal lives that would have the greatest influence on workplace learning
The debate - voted the most appealing session in the LT2011 exit poll - covered issues such as the role learning technologies should play over the next 10 years to help staff perform at their best, what technologies can help us step up and whether learning professionals have the right skills to provide the required level of support to business.
Panellists:-
• Chair - Donald H Taylor, Chairman, Learning and Skills Group & Learning Technologies
• Charles Gould, Managing Director, Brightwave
• Laura Overton, Managing Director, Towards Maturity
• Kenny Henderson, Head of Talent Development Operations, Sky
Charles Gould said of the event: "The debate was a great deal of fun and a resounding success. Of course, there was a serious point to running the debate. We all must rally as an industry to meet the challenges of ever-accelerating business change. Learning technologies has a critical role to play in supporting this change and I'm encouraged by the views and votes of our progressive audience. The stories and evidence of business impact are here. We need to share them."
The panellists got to grips with several meaty issues that the L&D community are going to have to grasp both now and over the next decade.
To access full results from the debate click here.
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