

Webucation
What is webucation?
It is the online avenue for learning that will take hold of the 21st century. According to Forbes magazine, about 10% of GDP comes from traditional schools, but a majority of the growth will come from online learning from continued adult education.
Online training is the future of continued learning for professionals seeking to continually develop their skills, broaden their perspective, and develop new techniques outside of their core competencies.
Knowledge is the key resources. Over 40% of today US market are knowledge workers (compared to 20% being labor workers). As young people enter the workplace, they will most likely not spend their entire career at 1 company or industry. In order to compete and succeed, developing new schools is critical for personal and professional success.
Traditional learning will no longer work. They are too expensive and not easily accessible. Online training creates a flexible and targeted method of learning. It allows specific skills to be acquired for fractions of the price and time. It also creates a new form on interactivity with video, chat rooms, blogs, instant messaging, and teleconferencing just to name a few. Traditional education will not be replaced but the future of education will be based on online training and development. It is the learning trend of the 21st century.

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