Learning Technology Insights

Disruptive Insights: Learning

Innovation has always significantly impacted learning technology, but it is now clear that the future of learning technology is being increasingly challenged by what Fosway calls Disruptive Specialists – companies with specific areas of capability that complement the wider learning ecosystem and deliver transformative outcomes.

As a part of our ongoing research, we are publishing a new series of Disruptive Insights Papers that explore what you need to know about selected Specialisms, why they are important, what you need to know about them, and what you need to know about the associated vendor landscape.

Large Enterprise Learning

The landscape of learning systems has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past 25+ years. Fosway Group has meticulously tracked the journey of Learning Systems trends. This latest research dives into the large enterprise learning systems market. What do these organisations really need? How have next generation learning solutions evolved to meet their demands?

Visit the page beneath to find answers to these questions and more.

2024 Fosway 9-Grid for Learning Systems

Our latest research papers:

Coming soon…

  • Skills in Learning

  • Learning Experience

Cover image of the Fosway Group Disruptive Insights paper on Learning Systems

Rethinking Learning Systems: The Rise Of Suites and Specialists

This is the introductory paper that first identified the disruptive specialisms, and made the case for classifying the market based on Learning System Suites and Learning System Specialists.

Read the paper to find out about:

  • A modern learning experience, and a simpler architecture; the fallacy of the LMS/LXP divide

  • What are you really trying to change or disrupt?

  • Deconstructing ‘experience’, and other specialisms

Collaborative Learning

This paper explores the disruptive forces in collaborative learning, the technologies that are driving innovation and how collaborative approaches to learning support remote and hybrid working. The shift to digital-first learning requires organisations to provide high quality collaborative capabilities. But collaboration means different things to different vendors. This paper helps you harness effective collaborative learning.

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Cover image of the Fosway Group Disruptive Insights paper on Programmatic Learning

Programmatic Learning

During the pandemic, all learning had to become digital or it didn’t happen, resulting in a massive acceleration in the use of online learning for almost everything. Whilst this might have been effective for simpler topics and compliance learning, it wasn’t for complex development needs or strategic programmes. Often cohort-based, and running over extended periods, programmatic learning builds understanding through peer-peer interaction, expert facilitation, feedback and assessment. In a world of hybrid working and learning, every company needs programmatic learning too – but most learning systems are poor at managing it or delivering the kind of learner experience needed to make (what is arguably your most important learning) a success.

Read the paper to find out about:

  • Why most high value development and learning programmes will remain online

  • What makes a good learner experience when most of the learning is not experiential rather than content

  • Why most LMSs and LXPs are unable to manage cohort-based learning, and who is able?

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