the Future oF Learning

Over the years, we have come to expect the delivery of knowledge and information at light speed. Knowledge and information are our lifelines and the lifelines of the organizations we work for and with. Through physical presence, virtual contact, social networking and other means, knowledge and infor- mation come to us and from us, and from these interactions and the things we do, we continuously learn. Alvin Toffler wrote, “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”1 Learning is one of the major topics that make the critical difference between our success and failure, now and in the future. W. Edwards Deming once said, “Learning is not compulsory but neither is survival.”2 The significance of learning, and learning about learning, is unquantifiable in its importance to who we are and what we do today and in the future. This, then, is an article about the future of learning. And it is not as easy to write about as you might think.

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