{"id":6950,"date":"2017-03-08T17:58:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T15:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.talentlms.com\/blog\/?p=6950"},"modified":"2025-05-30T11:22:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T08:22:46","slug":"7-1-elearning-trends-facts-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talentlms.com\/blog\/7-1-elearning-trends-facts-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"7 + 1 eLearning Trends and Facts for 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With 2017 well underway, the TalentLMS team took a long hard look at the industry to determine the kind of trends and facts that everybody involved in corporate or commercial eLearning should be aware of.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t worry, though: we are not gonna serve you some lengthy (and boring) &#8220;market analysis&#8221; of the kind that industry pundits churn out by the metric ton.<strong> Instead, we have distilled our findings into 7 + 1 core observations<\/strong> and compiled them into an easy-on-the-eyes infographic.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the things that we are listing are long-standing trends that have now finally matured and command a significant part of the eLearning market, like game-based eLearning tools. Others are still young but increasingly important developments, such as the rise of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.talentlms.com\/blog\/virtual-laboratories-elearning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>virtual<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.talentlms.com\/blog\/augmented-reality-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>augmented reality<\/strong><\/a>. 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