Excerpt:
The Top 200 Tools for Learning 2017 (11th Annual Survey) has been compiled by Jane Hart of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies from the votes of 2,174 learning professionals worldwide, together with 3 sub-lists
- Top 100 Tools for Personal & Professional Learning (PPL)
- Top 100 Tools for Workplace Learning (WPL)
- Top 100 Tools for Education (EDU)
Excerpt from the Analysis page (emphasis DSC):
Here is a brief analysis of what’s on the list and what it tells us about the current state of personal learning, workplace learning and education.
Some facts
- The top 2 tools are the same as in 2016: YouTube and Google Search
- PowerPoint moves up to #3, Word moves up to #6, Excel up 29 to #17
- Twitter moves down to #5
- 66 tools moved up the list. Top 3 risers are Unsplash (up 71 places), Grammarly (up 70 places) and Snapchat (up 64 places
- Messaging apps and team tools are particularly on the rise: Slack is now up 8 places to #12, Trello is up 21 places to #22, Microsoft Teams is another new tool in at #79
- 4 tools are BACK on the list: Google Alerts, IFTTT, Backpack and Hootsuite
- 52 NEW tools appear on the list this year – the highest entry is Typeform in at #55.
- 2 interesting new tools for augmented and virtual reality join the list – Aurasma, ENTiTi – as well as a chatbot system – Ultra Hal Assistant.
Some observations on what the Top Tools list tells us personal and professional learning
As in previous years, individuals continue to using a wide variety of:
- networks, services and platforms for professional networking, communication and collaboration
- web resources and courses for self-improvement and self-development
- tools for personal productivity
All of which shows that many individuals have become highly independent, continuous modern professional learners – making their own decisions about what they need to learn and how to do it.