Evolving Technology for Human PerformanceATDs 2020 Trends in Learning Technology collects insights about the latest emerging tech and trends that are transforming the talent development profession from top experts. No matter your role in talent development or the makeup of your organization, it is critical to regularly review new technologies and trends and evaluate if and how they fit into your organization.

One of the things I have learned from my study of learning science research is that using intuition to select the best learning solutions frequently fails. And in many cases, what they like is the opposite of what works best, which Ill explain later in the article).

A few people have recently asked me if I would tackle the issue of making learning easy and fun. He has things to do and not enough time to do them.

It seems like everyone who has ever gone to school is an expert in how to teach and instruct. These principles are all based on research in cognitive science, research on master teachers, and research on cognitive supports for learning.

Without highly skilled leaders, organizations cannot build and execute sound business strategies, create and maintain competitive advantages, attract and retain qualified talent, or achieve and sustain peak market performance. Providing those leaders with relevant content and data they can readily apply in their daily work is driving talent developments exploration and deployment of learning through direct, hands-on experiences that are likely to produce immediate, high-performance results.Experiential learning is an umbrella term encompassing learning that...

But ATD and i4cp found that instructional designers dont rate their professions overall efforts as highly as they might. Only about half of surveyed design and learning practitioners characterized their instructional design efforts as effective in helping to meet organizational business objectives.