Top eLearning Trends in 2022

The world of e-learning is evolving rapidly in the 2020s, with new technologies, platforms and approaches making the process of learning online easier and more intuitive than ever before. Below we’re going to look at the top e-learning trends we’ve seen emerge over the past year.

Join the Zoom Revolution

While video conferencing and chat software has been around for a number of years already, the format really came into its own in the 2020s in the wake of a new demand for remote communication methods. 

When considering use cases for Zoom, people tend to think of business meetings or catching up with friends. But this software is also increasingly being put to use as a teaching tool. 

From online classes to private tuition, video conferencing technology has emerged as a growing trend in e-learning circles. Platforms like Tutorhunt specialize in connecting people with teachers in specialist subjects, ranging from learning a language to trigonometry and music lessons, for live video classes. 

Certain subjects are best studied in this way, as one-to-one feedback is often a crucial part of picking up a complex skill. Whereas in the past you may have had to travel to a nearby city to find someone capable of teaching you a niche topic, now you can do so from the privacy of your own home.

Cut Through Fake News

The internet is a big place and is full of a lot of information. Accordingly, not all that information offers the same quality or degree of reliability. With a few exceptions, there’s little preventing anyone uploading a video to YouTube, or writing an article on WikiHow, for example, and declaring themselves to be an expert on the subject they’re speaking about. 

While this is ultimately a good thing, as the internet has become a home to free and open access for both sharing and accessing information, this can lead to issues when you’re in need of reliable data. 

One of the top e-learning trends thus far in 2022 has been a growing awareness of the value of restricting, or prioritizing, your learning from reputable sources. After all, those wanting to identify the best US slots player among a sea of competitive platforms would be best served in seeking this information from leading sources of journalism within the gaming industry such as PokerNews. 

Likewise, the American Horticultural Society’s website and materials is always going to, on balance, be a better place to gather information on the basics of gardening when compared to an unverified TikTok channel.

Pick and Choose

Various e-learning platforms have developed around different business models. Udemy, for example, lets people buy courses outright and work through them at their own speed. 

Skillshare, on the other hand, offers a subscription model similar to Netflix. This makes it a good option for those who like the process of learning in general, or who prefer to move between different areas of study frequently. 

Skillshare will give you unbridled access to its 30,000+ courses for a single yearly fee, letting you work on graphic design one week, and cooking the next. This also makes it a great option for those with busy lives who would prefer to eke out time to pick up skills and learn subjects when they have a spare moment, rather than commit to seeing a course through from start to finish.