Report on UK e-learning market 2009

The UK E-Learning Report 2009, for Sheffield based Learning Light, estimates that the UK market is currently worth between £300 million and £450 million with forecasted growth of 6%-8% for 2010. This is positive news for e-learning despite shrinking training budgets resulting from the ongoing economic downturn.

Learning Light sees the growth rate as a result of large and small businesses and educational institutions seeking to deliver their learning in a smarter and more cost effective manner. As you might expect, growth has also resulted in an increasing number of companies entering the market who see e-learning as either their primary source of business or as part of a wider HR service.

The report highlights the industry’s ability to adopt, adapt, and exploit new and ever improving technologies into the e-learning mix, from Web 2.0 and social networking functionality through to mobile learning. Vast improvements in mobile technology have driven a huge surge in smartphone sales. At Epic we believe 2010 will be the year mobile learning using smartphones finally takes off.

Other key areas of growth within the industry include the use of immersive learning scenarios, open source VLE platforms and rapid development tools.

Learning Light concludes that the optimism and confidence shown by the e-learning industry is due to a focus on delivering the right learning for both the individual and organisation in an innovative and cost effective manner.

To see the full report please go to: http://www.learninglight.com/show/72