In Response to The prediction made a year back by several training experts and Gurus for 2008 eLearning industry - how far they met the reality? Part1

Hi Folks, in responses to the post “The prediction made a year back by several training experts and Gurus for 2008 eLearning industry - how far they met the reality?” I have received many replies, many of them supported Clive Shepard and Tony Karrer.

Following are some interesting responses, please have a look:

From Clark Quinn -- "I also saw interest in looking at eLearning more strategically, and I predict this will continue to increase. Organizations are increasingly realizing that they need to move beyond courses, and even beyond content, and start looking at solutions."

I think that SLOW progress is being made, but many organizations are still focused on tactical actions, ie more courseware created to be delivered via their LMS -- instead of really thinking through the right learning medium/media to reach their target audience in their intended environment. I sure wish Clark's prediction had made more progress, as I think most of us (in this industry) would be having more fun once that progress is made!

Mark Oehlert's 2008 prediction I think hit it right - "Organizations will continue to fail to appreciate the strategic and differentiating nature that rich training and learning opportunities provide, that part of that failure will continue to rest with training departments' inability to articulate their alignment with the larger business goals."

Thus I agree, we achieved his "grumpy" prediction, that the most strategic progress will continue to be missed! Maybe in 2009, we can make more progress given the broad array of Web 2.0 tools which have become so easily available recently.