The E-Learning Revolution.(The Gartner Group forecast on online training)(Brief Article)

The effects of e-learning on the training profession are revolutionary, challenging most of its basic tenants. The change comes from outside influences: new players in other disciplines, forces in the supplier market, and the kind of learning that technology is increasingly making possible.

According to Peter Drucker--who might be associated more with traditional approaches--it's all about e-learning these days. He says that traditional skills training will still exist in this new world, but the growth sector is in concept learning, in which "the trainer is built into the teaching (or learning) device."

Roger Shank, director of the Institute for Learning …