The Future of Learning and Training: 5 Takeaways From Masies Learning 2016
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“We’re entering a really exciting, and yet challenging, time in learning and training.” I had just arrived at the first 30 Under 30 session at The Masie Learning Consortium’s Learning 2016 Conference, and our first guest speaker, Bob Mosher, former Chief Learning Evangelist at Microsoft, kicked off the conference with this prediction of the learning industry. From this first session, I knew that the next four days of Learning 2016 would be an eye-opening experience and help shape a new generation of learning leaders.
From October 23-26, I had the opportunity to participate as a 30 Under 30 Learning Leader at Elliott Masie’s Learning 2016 conference in Orlando, Florida. The award, sponsored by the The Masie Learning Consortium, is given to learning leaders who are under the age of 30 and will be the next generation of leaders in the learning and development field. I was excited about interacting with other learning leaders from diverse organizations who are doing creative and innovative things, though I knew I couldn’t attend all 190 sessions that were offered by the conference.
While I had many learning moments during Learning 2016–by the end of the conference I completely filled a notebook–here are my top takeaways from the conference that will guide me as I continue my journey in the learning world:
As I reflected on this conference, besides being starstruck by the luminaries speaking and attending, my inner instructional designer and edtech enthusiast was incredibly thrilled. I’m sure that many before have thought and felt that it is a era in learning, but with all of the converging trends in society and technology, I do believe that now the time is ripe to make incredible progress. There is so much potential to increase collaboration and knowledge within and across organizations. The conference inspired me to strive to create the next generation of learning experiences, and to be a voice of the next generation of learning leaders.
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