eLearning Trends for 2025: Emerging Trends and the Next Big Thing

Question: What are the latest trends in eLearning for 2025? What is the “next big thing” in Learning?

Answer:

A great question! It is always important to re-evaluate your training goals and how to improve year to year, and to find out best practices and the latest trends BEFORE getting started is always ideal.

That said, the eLearning sphere is always evolving, so what may be a trend now, could easily become outdated or over done in a short timeframe. Therefore, I will stress that no matter the trends, the content needs to ALWAYS be accurate and reflect the necessary policies and ethical business practices, as well as risks to be aware of, in your organization.

You can review what those risk areas might be with this helpful mini guide from TRACE.

Within the world of eLearning, AI, or Artificial Intelligence, tools have quickly become a way to create efficiencies, but should be handled with caution. While AI can be a great way to help to develop content in seconds, it could also be sharing skewed or inaccurate data, so knowing how to prompt an AI tool, and fact-checking all of the content that is developed by the tool is even more important than utilizing that AI tool in itself.

Another trend that has recently become popular has been dubbed “TikTok” microlearning. Though the social media giant is under severe scrutiny, it has rapidly grown into one of the largest learning platforms over the past few years alone.

Gone are the more traditional methods of learning, and now with short video content, you are able to meet learners where they are, sharing with them only the knowledge they need in the moment. 

By using the social media model for training, you can create video and microlearning content quickly and even take current content and break it apart. Alongside the use of “tags”, you are able to suggest other topics for your learners to view, based upon their other completed material.  Learners will be more inclined to learn on their own with suggested content, rather than something that might be forced upon them.

An additional trend in eLearning is what is being seen as “active learning,” wherein learners are better able to retain information when interacting and engaging with others. If possible, allow your audience to interact during eLearning with a live forum to comment and connect, or even present content during a conference calling session so that people can share thoughts and questions while taking the course together. 

With a few minor adjustments, including making content more bite-sized and structured around only one point at a time, and allowing for learners to engage with one another, you’re well on your way to staying “trendy” and keeping eLearning engaging for your company audience. Good luck and happy learning!

Blaise Stanicic

Associate Director, Compliance Training, TRACE