| Technical obstacles to adoption are falling |
Lower development and maintance costs
User-friendly development tools
Hardware standardization
Telecommunications pervasive
Data streaming
Learning Management Systems |
| Penetration of the Internet |
Mobility
Ease of access
Affordability
Increase in connectivity
Ability to deliver multimedia rich content |
| Market Consolidation |
Corporations, educational institutions and consumers are demanding more of learning providers.
Rising demand for integrated content, media rich delivery, and learning services are driving the market to consolidation through partnerships and acquisitions.
Traditional players trying to get on the scene |
| Training Paradigm is Shifting to Learning Paradigm |
Ownership of learning is going to learner
Knowledge Management is key driver
Learning Architectures
Learning Management Systems (LMS)
Consumer drive for learning/knowledge/information |
| Emerging industry standards provide guidelines and benchmarks |
Quality Standards for Evaluating Multimedia and Online Training (McGraw-Hill)
W3C
IMS (Instructional Methodology Systems)
Dublin Core (Metadata) |
| Modes of delivery are blending |
Broadcast classroom (web cast)
Facilitated learning
Stand-alone online(www.yourmoney.com)
Increasing market of LMS (Learning Management Systems) |
| Move to electronic service delivery |
Digital expectations of consumers (N-Generation)
e-Commerce drivers: new business models
New breed of courseware providers (click2learn.com)
Development of learning portals (teachers.net YOUtopia.com)
Corporate University movement (educateu.com) |
| Lines between learning and work are blurring. |
www.ispi.org 99 seconds on line |
| eLearning is growing out of a "community of practice." |
www.facilitationfactory.com |
| The web is both synchronous and asynchronous with collaborative/ continuous learning environment |
Coached/Tutored or Expert-led
Peer-based group learning
Real-time chat and Bulletin boards |
