Since 2007, I have been compiling an annual Top Tools for Learning List from the results of an open survey. These Top Tools lists now constitute an important and interesting longitudinal study not just into the popularity of tools for learning but into learning behaviour itself.
Learning professionals (and others in related areas) are invited to nominate their Top 10 (digital) tools for learning and their contributions are then used to generate the annual list.
From 2007-2015 this was a Top 100 Tools for Learning list, but to mark the 10th anniversary of the project in 2016, I extended the list to 200 tools, and in 2021 I increased it to 300 tools . However, in 2022 I reverted to a Top 100 Tools list, and in 2023 I dropped the sub-lists (Top Tools for Personal Learning, Top Tools for Workplace Learning and Top Tools for Education) as tools are now being used much more across the board.
A complete list of the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2025 can be viewed here but there are two other ways you can view the tools results at this site:
- By Category – where the Top 100 tools are categorised into 4 main areas:
- Personal Learning & Productivity
- Communication & Collaboration
- Content, Creation & Management
- Courses, Creation & Management.
- A-Z – where all tools that have appeared on the 19 surveys (2007-2025) are listed
I have also provided my own analysis of this year’s list, where I have identified 5 key observations in the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2025.
Voting for the 20th Digital Tools for Learning survey will open in Spring 2026.
Jane Hart
1 September 2025
