LPI Research Confirms the Rise of Online Learning
Annual report on workplace learning shows traditional classroom training is losing ground in favour of online alternatives.
The annual Learning Survey 2014 report commissioned by The Learning and Performance Institute (LPI) has confirmed that, although the traditional classroom remains a viable channel for workplace trainers, it is coming under increasing pressure from live online learning, self-paced elearning and webinars.
The report shows that, while it is still true that face-to-face contact with experts can provide both reassurance and inspiration, delivering activities in a classroom is increasingly costly and time-consuming. So although it continues to be the place where the Learning and Development function does most of its work, more effort is being focused on other ways delivering training content and making it possible for individuals to learn for themselves.
Don Taylor, LPI Chairman, reflecting on the last five years of the survey, commented, "The explosion of powerful online technologies and the near ubiquity of internet access mean that increasingly L&D is no longer the main provider of workplace learning experiences. One important long term trend is clear: the reduced role of the classroom. Another – the rise of alternative approaches to L&D – will likely be felt in our surveys for the next 5 years at least."
The results are taken from the Learning Survey 2014 report commissioned by The Learning and Performance Institute (LPI). Almost 400 L&D professionals within the UK took part in the survey this year. The results were revealed at the Institute’s joint Chief Learning Officer / Learning Directors Network meeting which took place in London earlier this month.
The full report is now available exclusively to LPI Members on the Learning Professional Network (registration required).