European survey shows growth in coaching and blended learning

Cegos has just published its latest annual pan-European learning and development survey. The survey was carried out among 2,800 employees and 600 HR Directors/Training Managers from a cross-section of organisations in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands.

The survey includes a question about the types of learning methods and media that respondents have experienced in the past year, which gives a useful indicator of trends. In some areas, such as classroom training and the use of live and self-paced e-learning, there has been little change in the past year. The most notable increases have come in the use of coaching (up from 35% to 47%) and of blended solutions, particularly in the UK. There has also, unsurprisingly, been some growth in the use of mobile learning, which has been used by one in four respondents, and of serious games, while companies continue to experiment with social learning tools.

The findings also show that employees are on the whole happy with the training they receive, regardless of the method or medium being used, believing that their employers are making a real effort to identify and respond to their needs.

That's not such a bad picture considering resources are so strained.