Impact of Digitization on Learning and Opportunities in the Workplace

Abstract

Digital technologies have permeated all areas of society, be it education, work, business, government or medicine. This has had a major impact on the world of work and its environment as technology continues to permeate all areas of society. There has been a rapid speed of new technological developments in the area of education. These new developments have created learning opportunities for working people. Digital technologies can now assist workers in their training and education needs thus making the worker of today more viable in the labor market. In the workplace, E-learning has made considerable inroads in the lives of workers development. E-learning is a combination of two important constructs namely learning and technology. Learning is a cognitive process where a student filters knowledge that he retains. Technology if used properly in this era can be used as a teaching tool to enable learning.