“You will have some [organizations] who continue to produce the best buggy whip when there are no longer horse-drawn carriages,” said Tracy Cox, director of performance consulting at Raytheon Professional Services. “On the other hand, you’re going to have people who are already rolling out an automobile before there’s a huge demand for it because they know the demand is coming.”
Cox said there were dangers to blindly transitioning to the newest and shiniest delivery methods because they might not be the most efficient ways to meet learning objectives. After all, not every lesson can be taught on a mobile phone.
 
That said, integration is a very real and universal need in the industry and can also help provide a safer way to introduce new technologies or social-based programs because there are other options out there.