Distance Learning and the New Administration
Posted on January 20, 2009 by David Gray
Computerworld has long been among the most prominent of all Information Technology- focused trade publications. It achieved that status, and has lasted for so many years, because it often proves it really knows what’s going on in the practical application of computer technology. Therefore, it is with that in mind that I recommend a January 16th opinion piece, by veteran trade journalist Eric Lundquist (a UMass Amherst alumnus), entitled, “Barack Obama and rebuilding the digital infrastructure.” In summary, it is a brief article identifying the five most important digital infrastructure concerns that will top the new administration’s to-do list.
I think Computerworld is exactly on target with all five, but I would especially draw your attention to point #5:
Real-time learning, distance learning and the need to build new intellectual capabilities for new initiatives will finally drive digital learning from a nice idea to a necessity. You can’t create a “green” driven workforce unless you can teach those skills to a new generation of engineers, designers and workers quickly and efficiently. Education may be the area that gets the most attention as government officials and bureaucrats quickly realize that without a workforce skilled in new capabilities, all those billions of infrastructure investment dollars will sit idle.
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