Future Education and Training Trends

Want to know how to provide effective job training for employees? The best job training happens at work. If you're committed to employee development - and powerful reasons exist about why employee development is critical - job training internally may provide your best answer. Employees appreciate the chance to develop knowledge and skills...

The future brings an increase in the time and money that employers invest in continuing training and development for employees. The quickly changing workplace requires the investment.

In my usual approach to training, I meet with groups weekly for a two hour training session. These sessions can last for several years, although we do tend to limit the frequency over time.

Visit a training and development conference and much of the buzz is heading away from classroom training. The hot training trends include multimedia and online training. These training trends are important for trainers, instructional designers and facilitators.

ASTD publishes an annual State of the Industry report. Here's the summary with links for members to the whole report. Nonmembers may purchase the report, but why not join?

We all know that online learning is increasingly the choice for self-directed learners who want education and training on their timeline and at their convenience. See what other trends the future for online technology training holds.