The current state of continuing education is one that’s changing, but for some people…it’s not changing fast enough. They’ve facilitated plenty of workshops and other classes that were designed to help professionals get the ongoing education that they needed. But did everyone walk out of those corporate-paid sessions on equal footing? Absolutely not. Some people came with the right intentions: they were going to learn about a new technique or a new concept within their field, and they would be able to use that knowledge to better serve their industry. However, other people would come to these sessions to just check it off their list, and then move on to what they really wanted to do.

As content designers, we have to answer the real questions. And this is just one of many, but it’s the topic of the moment: is continuing education meaningless?

Some would agree that it is. After all, their eyes are looking at the crowds that aren’t applying the information. They conclude that since some people aren’t using the information in a positive manner that means that everyone is treating it the same way. That’s not the way that you want to impact your world if you can help it. We think that it would be best if you looked at the subject of continuing education a bit deeper. (more…)