What's Old is New Again: Training is the Information Technology Constant

摘要

This paper is an account of some of the more instructive experiences we gained as we sought to ensure that our information technology training programs kept pace with a fast changing milieu of hi-technology. It will talk about some ways that we successfully kept old training ideas new in our tech training classroom. Who would have thought that in just one hundred years mankind would progress from its first sustained flight at Kitty Hawk to personal computers, smart phones, or global positioning systems? Yet today, space flight is more or less taken for granted until something out of the ordinary happens. Personal computers, in so many various forms, are nearby no matter where we go. Hi-tech phones have become an indispensable part of our daily life and today can be found in almost every purse or clipped on every belt. Global positioning systems which were once on every military wish list are now an optional item in our cars. All of this gives testimony of our technological ingenuity and adaptability. Many of these systems, when used on the job, require some level of training in order for the users to feel comfortable. Therefore the need for training has become the one indispensable constant in the fast-changing and ever-dynamic world of hi-technology.