Asked – at the European user group conference for Plateau Systems’ talent management software, held in Rome at the end of March – what are today’s hot learning technologies, three of the UK’s top e-learning experts answered:

• Clive Shepherd:
  • Mobile
  • Apps rather than websites
  • Self-study learning statistics should be available to show a learner what other people have thought about what s/he is learning. E-learning seems to be stuck in the 1980s. We need to re-model tools away from merely ‘tell and test’.
• Donald H Taylor:
  • Webinars. These have been around for several years but they are now part of today’s business culture, so everyone now knows how to take part in a webinar. So the culture is there; the technology is there and no one has the money for other types of learning delivery!
• Nigel Paine:
  • iPads
  • Evernote, which helps to structure where you keep your information.

To these, Paul Sparta, CEO of Plateau Systems, added: “A way to cross the formal/informal learning boundary. So, if you find anything anywhere, you can capture it – moving it from the formal learning world to the informal learning world.”

Comment: This is what the experts think. What ‘hot’ learning technologies would you identify? Please let us know by writing to bob.little@boblittlepr.com