it has been useful to them. These were the kinds of activities they
undertook:Involvement with e-learning in last 12 months %
Surfed the internet for information 95
Updated knowledge by reading e-zines or electronic bulletins 64
Deliberately tried to develop new computer skills on your own,
without being enrolled on a course 64
Been trained or helped in new computer skills on-the-job by a
colleague or manager 36
Participated in email discussion group 33
None of these 3Is this similar to your own patterns of behavior?
What tips do you have for effective surfing and searching?
What skills have you learned online?
How do you use email? Do you find email a positive or negative tool? How can you get others
to use email in ways that are helpful to you?
How can you use discussion groups to help you learn?
While the majority of people are positive about e-learning, the
words they associate with it are interesting:Words best describing e-learning experienced %
Convenient 56
Fast access to information 50
Working at my own pace 42
Impersonal 30
Frustrating 29
Lonely 16
Effective 14
Challenging 8
High quality 7
Tailored to my needs 7
Low quality 6
Stressful 5
Threatening 0
All positive comments 86
All negative comments 57The data about how e-learning can be unhelpful gives a number of
clues as to how you can learn more effectively online:Resourcefulness 113