Chapter 1Introduction
E-learning is a new space of learning. The advent of the Internet as a means of delivering and facilitating learning is blurring the line between traditional academiceducation, held away from the job and focused more on ideas than on the application of ideas, and traditional job training, held at work and focused more on applied skills thanon the mastery of a body of knowledge. This change in the very definition of education isreflected in current terminology. According to Burnside 2001, the term "learning" hascome to mean improving one's skills through training as well as deepening one'sunderstanding in a particular field of knowledge, an evolution of phraseology. Similarly,the term "learners" has begun to replace "students" and "trainees" now encompassesthe meanings of both the latter terms.
Many adult these days are taking back the education because of the working’srequirement and employment recommendation. Working adults no longer have apsychological contract of fixed employment with one company, they are increasinglyaware of their responsibility for their own careers. This causes a deep need amongworkers to ensure that they have the means for a successful career path. To attain this,they first need skills that bring success in their current jobs, portable to their next jobsand increase their market value. Second, they need membership in professionalnetworks that keep them up- to-date in their professions and provide contacts for jobsearching.Third, they need the skills to use the new technologies like computers, hardware,
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Providing Learning For Working Adults.
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