Best E-Learning Trends In 2016
E-Learning is getting more and more popular due to our fast life style. The number of students who are enrolling in E-Learning is increasing swiftly. In order to enhance the process of e-Learning people have made many new trends. Let’s see if these trends would be beneficial in the long run or not. Here are the best e-Learning trends of 2016:
- Personalized Approach:
It is human nature to like getting attention from others. Similarly, people like the personalized approach in e-Learning as well. People prefer getting courses made especially for them. It is no doubt that in E-Learning the outcome depends on competence and perfection.
- Automated Technique:
In 2016, it would get a lot easier for the producers to make e-Learning courses due to the special automated tools techniques. Using these tools, the producers would also save a lot of money. With the help of the tools, the producers would generate quizzes and tests without any difficulty as these tools would scan information and detect the important parts. It is a great economical approach but it clashes with personalized approach. We are hopeful that the clash between these wonderful approaches will fix in the long run.
Sam Murray a UK tech blogger, sees wearables as becoming more important for e-learning in 2016:
“Wearable devices give learners the opportunity to interact with the subject matter in a more dynamic way than ever before. They also make eLearning more accessible and engaging for the audience. I see them making a big difference
- Big Data Analysis:
Big Data analysis is becoming the most crucial tool in e-Learning growth. The efficiency of this trend depends on how the organization applies its results. This trend consists of testing, enhancing and repeating. Big data plays a vital role in the progress during e-Learning.
- E-Learning in Commercial Companies:
E-Learning is getting more in demand in commercial companies. It helps the companies in the development of their staff in a very economical manner. They do not have to send their employees to another cities to attend special courses as they can get all the education they need online by sitting in their own offices. The other benefit is that the workers save their time due to the competencybased learning as they have to learn only those things that they need to master.
- Evolving mLearning Trend:
People use their mobiles and tablets much more than their laptops as it gives them the freedom to use these gadgets on the go. Keeping this thing in mind, mLearning is also evolving and in the near future we would see many different apps specifically made for e-Learning.
- Live Communication through Social Media:
Social media plays a very important role in the lives of people. In fact, social media has been on top of the list on the top 100 Tools for Learning for the past seven years. That is why e-learning is also adapting this approach of communicating directly with the users through social media.
- Augmented Reality:
Augmented reality is definitely becoming an essential part of online learning. Visual and auditory tools certainly improve one’s learning and that is why e-learning is moving towards augmented reality.
- Gamification Trend:
We all know that learning becomes a lot easier if it involves challenges, scores, badges and leaderboards. There are a lot of apps that make learning fun and easy with the help of games.
Author bio: Nuur Hasan is a software developer, web developer and a technical writer with more than seven years of experience. He believes that sharing knowledge can do wonders and that is why he likes to blog. His other interests include politics and sports.
