Learning isn't changing

摘要

Purpose - An exploration of what's changing - and what is not - in the world of corporate learning. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach - Discussion paper with special reference to the report "A Review of the e-learning markets of the UK, EU and China 2014", published by Learning Light in 2014. Findings - Learning is not changing - but the need and the opportunities for that learning are expanding. What is changing in the learning world is not learning per se but delivery technologies - and also the relative importance in the overall learning delivery mix of this growing range of learning delivery technologies. Research limitations/implications - We're standing on the shoulders of giants but we appear to be looking at an extremely foggy landscape. And, since we do not have "20/20 foresight", our danger is that we spend our time "training to fight the last war" rather than "training to win the next war". Practical implications - There are a number of technological factors as well as demographic factors that learning and development professionals need to take into account when designing and developing (online) learning materials. Social implications - As technology makes the work of subject matter experts more accessible, other factors - such as money or time availability - are likely to come into play to maintain some form of established intellectual elite. Originality/value - An attempt to discern some current trends and extrapolate them.