"Now we can pretty well do it on our own." and "I see those workers, who one could call the “Cluetrained’, as already dropping out of the bottom of the industrial organisation’s pyramid and doing it on their own." Rats! Now I've got "Sisters are doin' it for themselves" running through my head - I'll be singing it all day, driving my colleagues nuts.

But you're so right. The traditional way of booking onto a course, waiting for 3 months, only to have it cancelled due to lack of bums on seats for whatever reason... no - can't be doing with that. When I need to know something, I usually need to know it now, and I have the resources - both human and electronic - to access much of that information. While I prefer being in a workshop environment for larger undertaking - having the opportunity to discuss things with other people, under the watchful ear of an expert - I haven't always got the luxury of time to wait for all the bits to come together.

When designing learning solutions, I work on the premise that my users are subject to the same constraints.

We haven't quite attained ubiquitous learning, but we're getting there.