Future Workplace
Future Workplace we recently completed a comprehensive report on the adoption of mobile learning. But the bigger issue is how will our Mobile lives” impact the way we work, learn and communicate with each other. Here are 10 predictions for the way the workplace will be impacted by mobile learning:
- Mobile will be part of the way we do business- – Learning & working will be increasingly mobile and companies will need to evaluate how they are leveraging this trend in sourcing and recruiting talent, corporate learning, and performance management.
- LMS’s need to become re-imagined – Shouldn’t LMS’s be more than an experience on Amazon? One where you can easily rate, tag and add comments? And do this all from your mobile device?
- Media tablets will become a dominant device – Because of their ideal form factor for video and display of text and graphics, media tablets will increase dramatically as a tool for immediate access to corporate learning and performance support.
- Performance review can be and should be immediate – The annual performance review may soon be a thing of the past as companies embrace mobile devices for relevant, quick and easy micro feedback.
- Augmented reality apps and search will deliver JIT – Because mobile devices have a built-in ability to know a user’s location, including orientation, augmented reality apps will deliver location relevant information when needed.
- Design and development of learning will be crowdsourced- – Instead of instructional design where an expert creates a curriculum in isolation, learner will be involved in both the creation and consumption of learning programs and solutions.
- Social Games for recruiting- Given the success of Farmville, more companies will create social games for recruiting and sourcing employees.
- Choice and continuity across multiple mobile devices – Employees will come to work with a BYOT mindset (Bring Your Own Technology) The combination of “cloud-based” computing with mobile devices will create opportunities for learners to seamlessly move from one device to another.
- New skills and competencies needed – With all this change in the way work will get done, new skills and competencies will be needed for both human resources as well as learning professionals in the areas of social technologies, social facilitation and social gaming.
- The revolution in the workplace and corporate learning is just beginning…We are at the beginning of a major shift in the workplace–one where employees are increasingly empowered to contribute, share ideas and comment on new ways of working and learning. Employees across all industries will have a bigger voice in how, where and when they work and learn. Human Resources departments must adapt or be left behind. http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/nintendo-wii-in-2010-future-technology