LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS IN ASIA PACIFIC An Insightful Look at Learner Engagement, Learning Budgets, and Evaluating Learning’s Impact. Finding the right balance between L&D program costs and learner needs while generating a measurable business impact is a challenge many organizations face today. The survey results presented below are designed to demonstrate both the practical merit and the business value of strategic learner engagement, L&D budget management, and impact measurement.
Driving learner engagement 3 key take-aways:
Understand how diverse your learners needs are.
Structure learning resources in a way that fit time-starved schedules.
Ensure your learning programs are flexible and interactive.
Learners: Classroom learning environment
Flexibility, mobility and convenience
57%
53%
35%
PREFER ELEARNING FOR ITS FLEXIBILITY, MOBILITY AND CONVENIENCE
CHOSE INTERACTIVITY AS THE FEATURE THEY LIKE MOST
VALUE THE PROCESS OF LEARNING AT THEIR OWN PACE / SELF-PACED LEARNING
Learning anytime, anywhere
85 %
ACCESS LEARNING MATERIALS IN THEIR OFFICES
49 %
FROM HOME
23 %
WHILE COMMUTING
Mobile devices
56%
82%
PREFER TO ACCESS LEARNING MATERIALS ON MOBILE DEVICES (SMARTPHONES, TABLETS, OR LAPTOPS) BUT...
OF ORGANIZATIONS IN ASIA PACIFIC DO NOT HAVE LEARNING PROGRAMS AVAILABLE ON MOBILE DEVICES
L&D budgeting trends 2 key take-aways:
Offer a balance of classroom learning and elearning through blended learning options.
Increase budget to elearning to make overall learning budgets more cost-effective.
Decision-makers: Learning Budgets
18%
32%
IN DEVELOPED MARKETS SAW THEIR ORGANIZATIONS’ LEARNING BUDGETS DECREASE OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS
STATE THAT BUDGET AND RESOURCE LIMITATIONS ARE TOP CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF L&D IMPLEMENTATION
62%
IN EMERGING MARKETS INDICATE THEIR LEARNING BUDGETS HAVE INCREASED DURING THE SAME PERIOD
Annual Expenditure EMERGING MARKETS
62 %
HAVE AN ANNUAL L&D SPEND OF US$500 OR LESS PER LEARNER
DEVELOPED MARKETS
51 %
ESTIMATE AN ANNUAL SPEND OF MORE THAN US$900 PER LEARNER
Measuring learning impact 2 key take-aways:
Make evaluation outcomes as actionable as possible.
Implement meaningful evaluation metrics.
70%
OF ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS ASIA PACIFIC EVALUATE THEIR LEARNING PROGRAMS
36%
OF LEARNERS BELIEVE THEIR ORGANIZATIONS PUT LEARNER EVALUATION INSIGHTS INTO ACTION
70%
OF DECISION-MAKERS USE “IMPROVED PERFORMANCE BY EMPLOYEE” AS A KEY METRIC OF SUCCESS
Organizations and feedback
ORGANIZATIONS WHO GATHER FEEDBACK FROM LEARNERS
ORGANIZATIONS WHO DO NOT GATHER FEEDBACK FROM LEARNERS
34%
72%
of learners find that learning programs provide them with the skills they need to cope with changes within their roles or industries
Effective evaluation practices help learners meet their learning goals
of learners find that learning programs provide them with the skills they need to cope with changes within their roles or industries
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