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The L&D Global Sentiment Survey

Learning NewsDonald H Taylor

Taking the pulse of of the L&D community worldwide, the 2019 L&D Global Sentiment Survey has opened for submissions.

The L&D Global Sentiment Survey is organised by Donald Taylor
The L&D Global Sentiment Survey is organised by Donald Taylor 

The L&D Global Sentiment Survey takes the pulse of the L&D community world-wide, annually.

The one-minute, one-question online poll asks L&D professionals internationally what they think will be hot in the following year.

In 2014 ‘mobile learning’ topped the poll. In 2015 and 2016, ‘collaborative learning’ was first. In 2017 and 2018, it was the turn of ‘personalization/adaptive delivery’.

The question is always the same format: “What will be hot in workplace LD in the year ahead?” and participants are asked to choose what they think 

Over 1,000 people from 47 countries voted in 2018. Each person votes for up to 3 of 15 options, presented in random order. There is, in addition, an ‘Other’ option, where respondents can suggest what they think the survey is missing.

The poll for What will be hot in workplace L&D in 2019? is currently running.

Aggregated, and examined over time, these answers provide a fascinating look at trends in what people in L&D are thinking. Past reports for 20182017 and 2016 are available.

The L&D Global Sentiment Survey is organised by Donald Taylor.