The illiterate of the future are not those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. We are living in amazing times.
People are awash with new technology and the rate of change in getting faster.
People are finding that what they learned in college is simply no longer relevant and that life-long learning is a must to remain competitive in the marketplace. However, as the rate of change increases, the demand on our time is as well. The length of stay at meetings is decreasing and some find that they just don't have the time to attend at all. To answer this, corporations and associations are turning to distance learning as a partial solution. In many cases, distance learning can broaden the reach of traditional meetings and reinforce what is taught there.