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Maximizing E-Learning to Train the 21st Century Workforce

Before reading this article I did not think it was a good idea for e-learning. I didn't think that people would learn as much by themselves this way. Because there was no one with them being able to explain to them in person everthing that they didn't understand and to answer questions. But in this article they said pretty much the exact opposite. "According to Fortune Magazine, training that typically would take 6 to 9 months can be compressed to 2 to 3 weeks, thereby guaranteeing faster time-to market for products." Also according to Cisco after they regained all the money that was put into the new technology, they are now saving $4 million a year. So after looking at the results I don't think that theres any way to protest whats obviously working.

Workplace Learning

After reading the articles, Ive realized that there are a lot of employers that do not give sufficient job training. The IT field changes so much that sometimes the companies can not keep up with the training. Especially in today's economy when most companies are decreasing money spent. And when companies do this, money that is used for training old and new employees is cut. Here's a quote from the article Inadequate training undermining U.S. workforce "More than half of workers believe that the U.S. is unprepared to compete in the global economy, feeling let down both by schools and colleges and by a lack of interest in training and development from big employers."