LEARNING TRENDS
REPORT

The Learning Trends Report is an almost decade-long effort of TiER1 Performance providing a comprehensive summary of industry trends for the learning and development (L&D) field. Every year we survey L&D professionals across the globe on their current practices and the trends that are impacting their teams; then we analyze and compile the data into a report that enables learning teams to benchmark their practices against the industry and “exemplary” learning teams.

Our goals for Learning Trends include:

• Supporting learning teams and professionals with practical intel about what’s happening in the industry;
• Benchmarking our findings against other organizations with demonstrable evidence of success; and
• Highlighting opportunities for the industry to continue evolving.

Learning Trends is unique because: 

• It includes more research-inspired methods and tools than are common in industry surveys.
• It goes beyond training to explore other learning assets as well as performance-improvement assets and practices.
• The Learning Trends survey selects high-performing organizations based on a combination of learning success, quality of learning measurement, and quality of professional development—thus enabling learning teams to have confidence that they are benchmarking against exemplary organizations.

Take the 2024 Survey

The Learning Trends Survey will enable you and your team to diagnose your current practices and explore hidden opportunities. Don’t miss this opportunity to join other learning professionals in uncovering the critical trends that are impacting our work and profession. 

This year’s Learning Trends Survey had a record number of participants, with more than 556 global survey respondents—topping 2022’s survey by 47%. In the report, we compare exemplary organizations to typical organizations across a range of questions. We define exemplary organizations as those that use systematic methods to gain insight into their learning designs and results. 

Important insights we found include:  

• Exemplary organizations do things differently from typical ones. For example, people working for exemplary organizations are happier in their work, are more innovative in their work, and work on more learning assets than those in typical organizations. 
• One-third of us feel that our learning teams can demonstrate undeniable or strong evidence of success in improving work performance.  
• Learning vendors differentiate themselves from non-learning businesses and other types of organizations in many ways. They tend to be more innovative, happier with their learning evaluation, and receive better professional development.  
• 64% of us are frustrated with the learning evaluation we currently do.  
• The top three learning modalities are all delivered online, including eLearning, online instructor-led training, and videos.
• Scientific research was the most trusted source of job-relevant information.