What I'm researching

Open questions I'm digging into across the learning landscape — surveys, teardowns, and maps. Each is a thread that will turn into writing.

• A survey of the LMS landscape, by company

  Rank and classify learning management systems by company size — large, medium, small — and by how many people each has to train. The point is a view you can slice: gig-worker workforces vs. senior executives, a handful of learners vs. tens of thousands.

• The most popular online courses — and an honest take

  Compile the courses that pull the biggest audiences on Coursera and its peers, with a short opinion on each — so a reader can spot the high-impact options fast and understand why they stand out.

• Why certain courses become top-ranked

  Pull apart what actually drives a course to the top, from three angles at once — critics, reviewers, and ordinary learners. The disagreements between them are where the real lessons hide.

• A review-based teardown of what learners love and hate

  Scrape the full body of course reviews and sort the feedback into 8–10 buckets — to see why learners stay engaged, and why even the best-rated courses still leave people cold. A systematic read of strengths and pain points.

• Categorizing the top courses by domain

  Group the leading courses by what they teach — technical, communication, and so on — so a reader can navigate straight to what their career actually needs.

• AI's real impact on learning management

  A proper review of AI-driven learning platforms and tools — the thesis behind each one, not a high-level wave at "AI in education." Where it genuinely reshapes the learning experience, and where it is theatre.

• People worth following in learning

  10–15 thought leaders to watch — some deep on LMS, some on digital learning, some generalist educators with range across topics and generations. A map of where the ongoing signal is.