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Learning Trends
Lead interview
The technological revolution
Across the globe, learning leaders will gladly give you their opinions
on the impact of technology on workplace learning. Anita Peach,
using the technologies of telephone conferencing between Europe and
the USA, discusses the latest learning issues with Dr. Richard Straub
and Diana Bing, knowledgeable learning figures from ELIG, the
European Learning Industry Group, and IBM
Q: Why is adult learning so important? human capital is being built by learning others. In industry groups like ELIG we
Richard: It’s important because lifelong on the job, after our formal education has bring key players and leaders from all
learning is a reality. Throughout their been completed. these fields together and work with all
lives people are accumulating something stakeholders to advance this field. After
that you could call their personal human Q: What do you enjoy the most about all, learning about it is essential for our
capital. As we seem to be obsessed to the learning industry? lives, skills for individuals, employability
measure things, the notion of human Richard: The industry has had to go and competitiveness of companies and
capital is quite useful to get attention from through a long and painful learning process economies. Human capital is one of the
decision makers to this vital subject. There itself during the last 10 years. Following the key factors in this equation. To give you
has been some interesting work done by initial hype about how technology would an example about the thought leadership
the Lisbon Council, a Brussels based think- instantaneously transform education and that ELIG is providing – we have established
tank (www.lisboncouncil.net/index.php) learning, there was a gradual waking up a working group under the heading
and it’s shown how the value of what to the challenge of what it means to apply ‘Publishing meets e-learning’ with key
we learn evolves over time – starting technology in an effective way to learning. publishing houses and e-learning providers
with parental education and school, then It means first to understand learning as involved, where we discuss standards, new
on to further or higher education and such, and then once you understand business models, and the opportunity of
beyond to adult learning. Stages such as learning better you start to think about web 2.0 for the publishing industry. We
higher education provide an important how to apply technology in support of are at the threshold of a real paradigm
foundation for life. However, human learning processes. Successful learning shift where we finally get the tools to move
capital also undergoes a constant erosion, solutions have multiple, intertwined from the former ‘factory model’ that the
as some of the knowledge acquired elements such as infrastructure, software classroom represented, to something that
becomes obsolete. The Human Capital platforms and learning management is much more adapted to the needs of the
Index Study of the Lisbon Council shows systems, content objects, online support, individual learner. Having said that, I would
that most of our economically relevant collaboration and community tools and not argue that the classroom •••••
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