tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11561102.post-1113066473779798602005-04-09T10:07:00.000-07:002005-04-09T10:07:53.780-07:00There are plenty of doubters about e-learning and e-training. You hear them all the time saying “we are not there yet”. They allude to lack of bandwidth, willingness to go study from a screen, and barriers to communication. I do not argue those things aren’t true. I would even add a few things to that list such as lower then expected enrollments and higher than expected dropout rates. Yet, we still need to prepare for the new reality.<br /><br />Think where you and your organization want to be two to five years from now. How competitive do you want to be? Do you really think you can get there without e-learning or e-training? Today I heard that there are students, including, some medical students, that have gone almost entirely digital. These products of the digital age think different, acts different, learn different. If this is true about some medical students today, it will be a trend, if not a reality, two to three years from now almost everywhere. <br /><br />Based on the above, are you willing to pass up e-learning? If so, what will you use to reach and teach and train these digitally minded individuals? I suggest we should move with care but do so with urgency, developing learning approaches and anticipating the technical trends for 2 to 5 years from now. While this is a challenge, weigh the alternatives and decide if passing up e-learning and e-training is something you can afford.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11561102-111306647377979860?l=grayharriman.com%2Fblogger.html' alt='' /></div>Gray Harrimannoreply@blogger.com2