Over 30,000 IT jobs every day Mobile Technology email newsletter Get ZDNet's mobile news and reviews. If you look at the adoption of technology, it took something like four years for the Internet to reach 50 million users, so, in terms of a communications channel, it was very rapid. If you look at distance learning in general, the Open University is an obvious example where good academic programmes have been linked with television and radio. In Australia they made use of short-wave radio. Organisations have to go through a culture change and recognise that their assets are in their staff.
Companies have to release individuals to learn.
The older generation are the Luddites. It's a big cultural change and most firms still don't have an e-learning environment. Email is just as good. The Open University has support mentors but you don't always have to meet them face to face. Students will collaborate on searching out answers.