Digital learning predicted to grow from 260b to 1trillion by 2026

Welcome to the #nexttechrevolution 

Major growth in digital learning - 12 takeouts! From this  article https://medium.com/gsv-ventures/dawn-of-the-age-of-digital-learning-4c4e38784226

💎 Since Internet 25 years ago - digital learning has become a $160b industry 

Before covid - (BC)they were predicting it to be 460b by 2026

After the disease (AD) - they predict it to be $1trillion (of a $7trillion marketplace )

💎 “More than 50% of the workforce is going to need to be re-skilled in the next three years.”

— David Blake, CEO of Learn In; Founder of Degreed

💎 “Employee education drives down costs for employers through increasing promotion, retention, and recruitment.”

— Rachel Carlson, Co-Founder and CEO of Guild Education

💎 With a record 30+ million people claiming unemployment in just the past 6 weeks, the Coronavirus has brought forth pressure to reskill unemployed and furloughed adults at scale. 

💎 Skills learned in the workplace will become as important, if not more so, than a university degree and carry more weight in a worker’s career prospects. 

💎 Peer-to-Peer — studies have shown that the best way to learn a subject is to teach somebody else. There will be a rise in peer-to-peer collaboration and learning through community-based platforms. (#bbgforum) 

💎 Collaboration between higher education and corporations will grow - with universities’ curriculums more aligned with business skills

💎 man universities will not survive  financially

💎 higher Ed will grow from 207M today to 414M by 2030

💎 Learning will become even more continuous and lifelong. No longer will you fill up your “knowledge tank” in 5 years at Uni and take off, you will be continuously refueling over the course of your lifetime.

💎 Digitization of live learning experiences (i.e. conferences, forums, seminars, - augmented by other ways to demonstrate capability such as with certificates, badges, and other “Knowledge Currency”.

The degree will no longer the sole ticket for career opportunity

💎 Rise of“whole self” education…focused on mind, body, and soul — meditation, cooking, health, fitness, etc