| | December 20176CIOReview2017 turned out to be a powerful year for eLearning. According to recent studies, a staggering 77 percent of U.S. companies provided online professional development to their employees to train them in a better way. Even, there was a steady growth in the diversification of school and university resources as online courses and activities gained steam. While eLearning practices became a well-adopted and an efficient way to engage trainees, organizations implemented innovative strategies to make it even more exiting and engaging. There was a proliferation of gamification and real world training trends which helped the eLearning solutions to not only address real-life complexities but also produce more competent employees and reduce on-the-job stress.In their efforts to bring innovation into the eLearning landscape, organizations even went a mile ahead to re-discover the webinar. Rather than building a lengthy semester-long course or one-off refresher, some companies created training boot camps that span multiple days and cover specific topics in-depth. This created a more engaging experience for the learner as well as for the mentors. The programs allowed employees to grow while staying within the company, and it enabled organizations to build better employee engagement strategy in order to retain them and meet training goals. With the arrival of innovative technologies like Augmented Reality (AR) in the eLearning sphere, the sector is expected to flip a new and innovative side in 2018. In the education industry, demand for building engaging solution through AR-embedded mobile apps is growing rapidly. The possibilities of this technology are endless when applied to a working environment. In a nutshell, with new eLearning concepts and improved methods entering the field, businesses should consider reevaluating their training approach to take advantage of these developments, which will in-turn lead to better quality workers and lower hiring costs.Copyright © 2017 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewDECEMBER 22, 2017Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 December 22, 2017, Vol 06 SE 140 Published by ValleyMedia, Inc.To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com CIOReviewEditorial StaffSalesT:510-996-5126Aaron PierceJoshua ParkerVictor Cook Justin SmithSara FernandesRussell ThomasJessica Stanleyjessica@cioreview.comVisualizersJeevan JyothiAsher BlakeManaging EditorJeevan GeorgeEditorialA Powerful Year of e-LearningJeevan George Managing Editoreditor@cioreview.com*Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staffe-LEARNING SPECIAL
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