2018 Learning Trends Report


We used the results from our Learning Trends Survey to create our 2018 Learning Trends Report. Our goal was simple: assess the learning landscape for 2018. We want to find out what knowledge and skills trainers find most important for their learners. We also wanted to discover what challenges they face when providing training. Finally, we wanted to know how they plan to deliver training in 2018.

We had 119 respondents from a wide variety of industries and many thoughtful responses to the open-ended questions. This report presents and summarizes the results. Then, we offer seven takeaways from the data.

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What's in the report?


We asked survey participants seven simple questions:

  1. How often do you get input from your learners as part of your training design process?
  2. What knowledge and/or skills do the employees you train need to have to be successful in their jobs?
  3. What challenges do you face when you try to help these employees build the necessary knowledge/skills?
  4. In 2018, what methods will you (or your organization) use to deliver training?
  5. Which learning trend(s) or new training delivery method(s) are you most excited about for 2018?
  6. Which emerging learning trends are you most excited about beyond 2018?
  7. Finally, if you could improve ONE thing about learning & development and/or training at your organization in 2018, what would it be?

About Bottom-Line Performance


Since 1995, BLP has helped organizations create the right learning solution. Whether you have a complex problem to solve, product to launch, or process to implement, our in-house team partners with you every step of the way to design for your desired outcome and develop the right mix of tools: web and mobile apps, eLearning, serious games and gamification, video, and highly interactive instructor-led training to name a few. The end result? Award-winning solutions that solve problems, inspire people to act, and help people learn.

We are also the creators of Knowledge Guru®, a training reinforcement platform that uses adaptive learning, game-based learning, and microlearning to increase knowledge retention and improve performance.

Great instructional design is at the heart of what we do.