audience, topic, medium

The review of the 10 obstacles to e-learning, brought up a thought around building to the learners competence (both from a technology as well as a subject matter perspective). E-Learning has to consider the 3 critical learning criteria to include the right audience, the right topic, and the right medium. Although e-learning may not always be the right medium to transfer the knowledge to every learner, learners need to become more adapt at learning from on line sources. Just as the onset of cable TV did not eliminate movie rentals, e-learning should complement other methods of learning. Just some thoughts generated from the class tonight and look forward to more!