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We went to DevLearn 2017, a conference with almost 3,200 learning professionals. We spent a lot of time attending talks and were curious what other attendees had to say about the future of learning. We also really wanted to see Levar Burton.
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Believe it is difficult,
if not impossible,
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to reach one's full potential without
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being able to read in
at least one language.
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So, the future is here.
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What does that mean for you for learning?
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>> Well, that's why I'm here.
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I'm here to learn the different trends for
leaning for the future.
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>> What the future of learning means
to me is that learning is on demand.
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Any time I want it, anywhere I want it.
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If I'm lying on a beach in Hawaii or if
i'm stuck in snow somewhere in Minnesota,
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that I shouldn't have to go beyond
my front porch to get what I need.
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>> It's the matrix,
I wanna fly a helicopter, plug into.
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>> [LAUGH] You'll plug it in.
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>> It's not that dramatic, but
it's that instantaneous access,
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which I think we're getting very close
to with smart of AI and especially AI.
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And there's a lot of progress,
a lot of work to be made there, and
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that's showing us the way.
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>> To me, the future of eLearning
is complete accessibility.
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Just like social media is completely
accessible to everyone, any time of day.
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I think that eLearning is gonna be the
same way especially with micro-learning
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and mobile learning.
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>> To me, I believe it's fingertip access.
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I think if it's on paper,
you're already outdated, so
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it's like looking to the future.
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So whether it's artificial intelligence or
a mobile device,
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you want it at your fingertips.
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You need it right now.
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So, if you don't have it,
then you're already behind.
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>> So the future is here, Jenita.
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That's what we learned at this conference.
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What is the future of learning?
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>> Well, no one can actually
predict the future of learning.
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But what we can do is look at
the different trends in technology.
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And what we see, how we live today,
so reliant on our mobile devices.
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It's a good indicator in
the direction that learning is going.
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>> What is the future of learning?
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>> In my opinion, the future of learning
is all about moving to a learning
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ecosystem, which is like the Netflix of
learning style, moving away from the LMS.
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I think analytics
are absolutely paramount,
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that's layering in things like xAPI.
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We are getting a lot of
activity with VR and
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augmented reality,
very exciting time to be in learning.
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>> Londa, our Chief Product Officer's
here, awesome, hey, so.
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>> Yeah.
>> You got to go to that talk,
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I didn't see that talk.
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>> I know, you bailed on it,
it was totally worth it.
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I stayed and kind of made my
way through and found a seat.
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>> What was that talk?
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Let's tell our students what that was.
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>> The talk was about
the neuroscience of learning, and
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what's the most effective way to learn.
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And we've been learning about that at
Treehouse in our own book studies.
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So, that was the talk.
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>> So, what did you takeaway from that?
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What was the main thing?
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>> One hour, you've already forgotten 50%
of a material that you've just learned.
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>> 50%?
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>> 50%, by one week, 90% of it's gone.
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Yeah, sounds horrifying, right?
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Actually the brain is meant to forget
things that it doesn't need to anymore.
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And so,
what you need to do is train your brain
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that this is something
you want to remember.
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And the best method for
that is effortful recall.
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>> Excellent, so
what do we do to recall then?
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What do we do with Treehouse to recall?
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>> So with Treehouse to
recall is kind of a practice.
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It's coming back within
the first 24 hours, or
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trying to remember the concept
you just learned in 24 hours, and
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then come back three days later and
recall that.
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And within a week,
be applying that in a useful setting.
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>> In the training industry,
whether it's insurance or anything,
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people tend think content,
content, content.
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I gotta get this content to people.
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And not to say content's not important,
it obviously is.
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But if someone doesn't want to
engage in what you're teaching them,
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it does not matter how good
your content is, right?
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They're not paying attention to it.
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So we really focus on how do
we take this content that
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people have to have to do their job.
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But present it in a way where
they want to learn it, and
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where they're excited to learn it, rather
than feeling like they have to learn it.
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>> I think the future of learning
is what we make it to be.
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Our interactions with current technology,
our decisions, how we use it, how we apply
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it, really matters in how we'll have an
impact on the future and future learners.
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So the future is what we make of it.
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>> The future for learning is, cut.
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[LAUGH]
>> [LAUGH]
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