Given this background, it makes less and less sense to try to define exactly what and how individuals should learn from these environments. We (trainers, managers ...) have to take the plunge, relinquish control  and take risks.  It's about learner empowerment as opposed to curated, directed  learning, different from the dis-empowering or controlled experience  many have had in school-based learning.

However, if we take a closer look at most training or e-learning within these new learning landscapes, we see a different picture. Essentially, little has changed: Many e-learnings and trainings are structured in such a way that everyone must learn the same thing, regardless of prior knowledge,  personal situation, needs or learning goals. They are "pre-defined". - (No self-direction, individuality or empowerment...)

What could this look like if we take empowerment and self-direction of learners seriously and radically think it through to the end? We would put learners in the driver's seat and create learning elements that are as agile and complex as the people in them. We would work with momentum, not predefined learning paths. We would connect people in such a way that they can interact, reflect and learn from and with each other. In particular, this would promote skills that are difficult to develop in traditional forms of learning, such as cooperative and communicative skills, transfer and attitude.

A fantastic notion or a viable option?

With AppReciate we have taken the first step on a journey to help this future come to life.