Working and learning in companies has changed significantly in recent months. The mmb Trend Monitor 2021 shows how the digital boom and home office are shaking up the e-learning industry. This is what you as a personnel developer or trainer should prepare for over the next three years:
What is the mmb trend study Learning Delphi?
The core topics of the study by the mmb Institute are trends in e-learning, referring to the next three years. A total of 61 experts from the DACH region took part in an online survey. The study regularly includes current topics, this year for example on the form of providing learning content. The mmb Trend Monitor 2020/2021 is available as a free PDF..
Personnel developers and trainers are also feeling the effects of the Corona crisis: classroom events are hardly possible, digital learning in companies is booming. A study by Seminarmarkt showed last year already: Blended Learning will become the central form of learning for coaching, training, and consulting. The mmb Trend Monitor now shows the prospects for digital learning in companies for the next three years.
The most important results of the mmb Trend Monitor 2021
Why companies will rely on Blended Learning
With 100% approval, Blended Learning is expected to be (now and in the future) a must for companies. Blended Learning is not a new trend: in various studies, the mix of face-to-face and online learning usually ranked among the top 3 most popular learning methods. In recent years, Blended Learning has replaced classic WBTs.
Not only trainers have recognized the advantages of Blended Learning. More and more companies are also relying on online courses in combination with classic training days. In the wake of the Corona crisis, it is not surprising that Blended Learning is gaining even more importance in companies.
3 reasons for Blended Learning in companies
Social distancing, extensive home office offers, and rapid digitalization favor digital learning offers in companies. This also creates the foundation for Blended Learning.
What e-learning alone often fails to achieve, Blended Learning makes possible: Personal contact. By linking e-learning with face-to-face sessions, better support and cooperative learning are possible compared to "purely digital". Employees benefit from this especially in the unfamiliar situation of working from home, where contact and exchange are particularly important. This is also reflected in the 70% agreement that the degree of personal support will become more important in the future for paid offers than the learning content alone.
Blended Learning is also possible without classic face-to-face presence: Virtual Blended Learning combines e-learning with the second top learning method "Virtual Classrooms / Webinars". This keeps companies, trainers, and participants flexible – even if presence is not possible at all due to spatial distances or contact restrictions. (More on this: How Blended Learning succeeds despite social distancing)
Blended Learning therefore offers companies the opportunity, even after the end of the Corona crisis, to offer further training that is simultaneously flexible-digital and personal-present.
