Over the last year or so we have talked with hundreds of companies about their desire to transform their corporate training programs to take advantage of social networking, knowledge management, communities of practice, and better models of blended learning. As we studied dozens of high performing training programs through our Learning Leaders® program, we realized that today's corporate training world has fundamentally evolved.
Fig: Evolution of Modern Corporate Training
How Corporate Training and Learning has Evolved
As this chart shows, over the last 10 years the corporate training world has gone through four major phases. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, traditional instructor-led training (which still makes up more than 60% of all training delivery today), was our primary form of training, and it was complimented by various forms of technology (CD ROMs, VideoDisks, VHS tapes, Video Broadcasts) - with a goal of increasing reach and reducing cost. In those days technology-supported training was called CBT or CAT.
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