eLearning Industry

16/01/2026

This year marks a turning point for Learning and Development.
We’ve moved from adoption to alignment and from experimenting with tools to integrating them into real business systems.

AI isn’t the shiny new thing anymore, EI explains. It’s the connective tissue linking data, technology, and strategy to build workforce capability.

2026 is about:
💡 Turning AI hype into measurable impact
🧠 Shifting from skills to adaptability
🤝 Building cultures where learning drives behavior

The future of L&D isn’t more tools, but smarter systems.

Read more: https://hubs.la/Q03-0kYQ0

How are you aligning AI and strategy in your learning roadmap this year?

15/01/2026

According to recent market cap rankings, the top AI-related companies now include:

📊 NVIDIA is leading the pack with a valuation north of ~$4.5T — driven heavily by demand for AI chips and infrastructure.

💻 Microsoft, Apple, and Alphabet (Google) all sit comfortably in the multi-trillion club, underlining how AI is a core growth engine for broader tech platforms.

📦 Amazon and Meta Platforms also rank highly, reflecting their continued investment in cloud computing, AI services, and advanced analytics.

But it’s not just about size. These figures point to where value and innovation are concentrated in 2026:

🔹 Compute infrastructure (NVIDIA, AMD variants) continues to dominate.
🔹 Platform ecosystems (Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, AWS) are monetizing AI across search, enterprise, and productivity.
🔹 Network effects remain powerful: data + models + customer base = enduring competitive moats.

📌 Private AI valuations like OpenAI (reported up to ~$500B) and Anthropic (~$183B) highlight the intense interest in pure-AI startups outside of traditional public markets.

👉 For leaders, builders, and investors alike, this snapshot is a reminder:
AI isn’t just technology. It’s rapidly becoming the core economic engine of the tech sector.

Would love to hear your perspective: Which of these shifts do you think matters most for 2026: compute power, cloud platforms, or pure AI innovation?

15/01/2026

Over 2025, eLearning Industry spotlighted 50+ incredible guest contributors in our monthly Guest Author Article Showcase. From AI and neuro-symbolic intelligence to mental health, storytelling, and skills development, our authors shared insights that shaped the future of L&D and eLearning.

Here’s a snapshot of the year:

- January: eLearning for mental health & employee well-being

- February: Enrollment, CEUs, and LTI strategies

- March: Neuroscience-based eLearning & user testing

- April: Frontline training, engagement, and cognitive load

- May: SMEs, storytelling, and flexible learning pathways

- June: AI in eLearning design & collaboration strategies

- July: Impact measurement, tech training, and outcomes-focused learning

- August: Sci-fi lessons, live instruction, and boosting creativity

- September: L&D trends, feedback, and AI prompting techniques

- October: Learning paths, budgeting, and certification program design

- November: Human and AI convergence in learning

- December: Judgment, AI questioning, executive function LMSs, hybrid mentoring, and more

👏 A huge thank you to all our guest authors for sharing their expertise! Your contributions have inspired, challenged, and shaped the eLearning community all year long.

📢 Want to be featured in 2026? Submit your article, build thought leadership, and connect with our global L&D audience.

Learn more: https://hubs.la/Q03-7Lj90

14/01/2026

What do ADHD, neuro-symbolic AI, and hybrid research mentoring programs have in common? Our December Guest Author Showcase explored how technology, learning strategies, and judgment intersect in ways that truly impact learning and work.

Here are five pieces we loved:

- 5 Questions All AI Users Must Ask – Dr. Athena Stanley shares how to guide AI, verify outputs, and protect your agency.

- Using LMSs to Scaffold Executive Function – Rio Fontanilla shows how platforms can support clients with ADHD as structured, empowering “external brains.”

- You Can’t Automate Judgment – Eliza Helweg-Larsen reminds us that while AI maps skills, judgment drives impact.

- Closing the Loop in Student Research – Laleh Raeisy rethinks hybrid mentoring to ensure young researchers get actionable feedback.

- Neuro-Symbolic AI – Felix G. Hamza-Lup explores how combining symbolic reasoning with neural learning brings us closer to advanced AI.

👏 Huge thanks to our contributors for sharing cutting-edge insights!

Read them here: https://hubs.la/Q03-7Lzf0

💡 Want to be featured next month? Submit your article and join the conversation with the eLearning community.

13/01/2026

2025 was a turning point for L&D and for AI in learning.

By year-end, AI wasn’t just a buzzword or experimental tool. It became infrastructure. L&D teams didn’t just prepare for disruption anymore; they found themselves navigating it, often trying to turn chaos into AI skills intelligence.

Some highlights from 2025:

1️⃣ AI Everywhere, For Work and Life
Humans weren’t just experimenting with AI. They relied on it daily. Health, wellness, productivity, learning: AI copilots became assistants, coaches, and guides in real time.

2️⃣ Skills Took Center Stage
The “AI skills gap” wasn’t a myth, but a real, messy, and urgent. Organizations began shifting from job titles to skills-based frameworks, using skills intelligence platforms, internal marketplaces, and mapping tools to connect people to opportunities.

3️⃣ Career Champions, Not Course Builders
Learning became career momentum. L&D teams focused on role-to-role paths, project-based gigs, and manager enablement, turning learning into a growth engine rather than a checkbox.

4️⃣ Learning In The Flow of Work
Static courses? Out. Micro-practice in real workflows? In. AI agents suggested targeted lessons at the exact moment a skill was needed.

5️⃣ Measuring Impact, Not Satisfaction
Data became more meaningful: skills proficiency, error reduction, and performance indicators helped unify LMS, HRIS, talent marketplaces, and activity data into insights leaders could act on.

👉Learn more: https://hubs.la/Q03-ycSS0

12/01/2026

Personalized learning used to be the buzzword everyone loved to use in L&D. But, somewhere along the way, it started losing meaning.

For some, it means fully custom courses. For others, it’s about AI recommendations. Both sound good on paper, but when you’re managing thousands of learners across regions, neither is sustainable.

At scale, personalization isn’t about fancy tech or endless content customization. It’s about learning logic:

- Who needs what training and when
- How knowledge fits into real workflows
- And how to make learning visible, measurable, and relevant

Modern LMSs, like iSpring Solutions' LMS, are redefining personalization not as an isolated project, but as a built-in part of how learning happens every day. From onboarding and upskilling to global, multilingual rollouts, personalization is becoming invisible, yet deeply impactful.

Read more: https://hubs.la/Q03Zsp7-0

Are you seeing this shift in your organization? How is your team approaching personalization today? 👇

09/01/2026

🏆 SweetRush Inc. Named a 2026 Top AI Excellence Company! 🏆

We’re thrilled to announce that SweetRush Inc. has been recognized by eLearning Industry with three AI Excellence Awards for:
✨ Leading AI Innovation in Learning & Skills Development
✨ Most Effective Implementation of AI for Talent & Development
✨ Best Strategic Application of AI in Leadership Development

This recognition celebrates how SweetRush is transforming learning with human-centered AI, personalizing experiences, automating workflows, and driving measurable ROI across industries.

From immersive simulations to AI-driven skills development, SweetRush is helping global client-partners like Hilton, Google, Coursera, and Bayer unlock next-level L&D capabilities.

🌐 Learn more: https://hubs.la/Q03ZrtTK0

09/01/2026

Is your organization relying too heavily on its founder? 🤔

While founder involvement is natural in the early stages, too much dependence can limit growth, innovation, and knowledge sharing as your business scales.

Our latest eBook explores the challenges and opportunities that come with transitioning to a more autonomous organization. You'll learn:

- 6 telltale signs your company is founder-dependent
- The impact of founder dependence on growth, innovation, and talent retention
- 7 strategies to reduce founder reliance and empower employees
- How to create a knowledge base that fosters independent decision-making
- Ways to encourage innovation and initiative across teams

Building a company that thrives beyond any single individual is key to long-term success. This guide offers practical steps to empower employees, strengthen processes, and set your organization up for sustainable growth 🌱.

When The Founder Steps Away

08/01/2026

✨ Recapping 2025’s Thought Leader Insights in L&D ✨

This year, we had the privilege of speaking with some of the world’s leading L&D experts. From AI-powered learning to blended training experiences and the resurgence of classroom programs, one thing stood out: a shared passion for knowledge-sharing and lifelong learning. 🌱

Here’s a glimpse of the conversations that shaped 2025:
1️⃣ AI-Powered Learning & Workforce Upskilling – Learning Pool
2️⃣ Relationship-Based Recruiting & AI in Talent Solutions – SweetRush Inc.
3️⃣ Rapid Digital Transformation & AI in Digital Adoption – Learning Pool
4️⃣ Agentic Learning & AI-Focused LMSs – Adobe
5️⃣ Multi-Disciplinary Teams & Custom eLearning Development – Kashida
6️⃣ Classroom Training’s Comeback Thanks to AI – CommLab India
7️⃣ Integrated Learning Solutions & Blended L&D Experiences – Adobe
8️⃣ Learning Sciences in Instructional Design & Skill Building – Ingenuiti
9️⃣ Project Management in eLearning Development – EWYSE
🔟 Augmented Learning, AI Certifications & Knowledge Management – SweetRush Inc.
1️⃣1️⃣ The ADDIE Framework in Modern L&D – Litmos
1️⃣2️⃣ The Transformative Role of AI in L&D – CommLab India
1️⃣3️⃣ Upskilling & Reskilling for Gen Z – Kashida

📚 Learn more: https://hubs.la/Q03Z-_s20

08/01/2026

2025 was the year AI transformed learning, turning passive modules into deliberate, feedback-rich practice that drives measurable performance.

Join this event on Jan 20, 2026 and see how organizations used Cicero to close critical soft skills gaps and tackle the $8.5 trillion skills gap in 2026 and beyond.

In this session, you’ll discover:

- Mission-critical conversations leaders practiced with AI roleplay 🗣️
- Real-world results on onboarding speed, compliance, readiness, and retention 📊
- Why 2026 is about wiring skills intelligence across the employee lifecycle 🔄

If you’re an L&D, HR, or Operations leader ready to move beyond paper manuals and one-off workshops, this is your chance to see measurable AI-powered learning in action.

Reserve your spot today: https://hubs.la/Q03ZrqyB0

07/01/2026

🌍 Scaling Training for Global Teams Doesn’t Have to Be Hard

As organizations grow, delivering consistent, engaging, and effective training across time zones and locations becomes a real challenge. Traditional tools often fall short, participation drops, engagement wanes, and outcomes suffer.

Enter Adobe Connect. With persistent virtual rooms, breakout sessions, customizable layouts, and real-time analytics, trainers can:
✅ Maintain high-quality, interactive sessions for hundreds or thousands of learners
✅ Track engagement and adjust on the fly with live polls, quizzes, and chat pods
✅ Repurpose training with simulated live webinars to reach global teams efficiently

Organizations using Adobe Connect see measurable improvements in engagement, collaboration, and learning outcomes, all while scaling training without losing quality.

💡 Learn more: https://hubs.la/Q03ZPScT0