Many of the largest EdTech companies in Europe released their predictions of what will happen in the e-learning space in 2014. Their top 12 trends are listed below:
- Big focus on user engagement
- From MOOCS to “Selective Online Courses”, or SOOCS
- Widespread adoption of BYOD strategies
- The rise of data and analytics to drive adaptive learning programmes
- Mobile casual & informal learning apps
- Peer-to-peer learning platforms
- Increased use of video and immersive learning environments
- Emergence of learning record stores
- Increased focus on rewards, certification and accreditation
- Large media corporates actively investing in e-Learning
- Continued growth in online-enabled private tuition
- Growing adoption of technology as a delivery mechanism on government-funded vocational skills training market
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