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Boundaryless Education for a Boundaryless Career
The traditional employee-employer relationship is a thing of the past. The primary reason for this is well known: globalization and the need for businesses to cut costs in order to remain competitive. Labor has been hit hard by layoffs, downsizing, and outsourcing. For many Americans, the phrase "global economy" is invested with a certain amount of grief.
For some, the new economy has been a godsend. Free agents, for example, who work for multiple companies on a project basis, have proven themselves to be a highly evolved species of worker in the dynamic, fast-moving climate of contemporary business. Many of these free agents are highly educated "knowledge workers," and rely on the latest technology for their livelihood. The skills and knowledge they possess are what makes them valuable, and they engage in learning on a regular basis to keep up to date.
Not everyone can be or wants to be a free agent worker, but these highly skilled people represent the new world of work, where each person has to take charge of his/her career to an unprecedented degree. And taking charge of one's career means taking charge of one's education.
Education, like work, has undergone a radical transformation as a consequence of the technology-fueled phenomenon of globalization. Computers, the Internet, and other electronic tools have given individuals the opportunity to learn anytime, anywhere, whether for pleasure or to enhance their employability. These new and powerful machines have, in effect, obliterated the walls between learning and the learner
For some, the new economy has been a godsend. Free agents, for example, who work for multiple companies on a project basis, have proven themselves to be a highly evolved species of worker in the dynamic, fast-moving climate of contemporary business. Many of these free agents are highly educated "knowledge workers," and rely on the latest technology for their livelihood. The skills and knowledge they possess are what makes them valuable, and they engage in learning on a regular basis to keep up to date.
Not everyone can be or wants to be a free agent worker, but these highly skilled people represent the new world of work, where each person has to take charge of his/her career to an unprecedented degree. And taking charge of one's career means taking charge of one's education.
Education, like work, has undergone a radical transformation as a consequence of the technology-fueled phenomenon of globalization. Computers, the Internet, and other electronic tools have given individuals the opportunity to learn anytime, anywhere, whether for pleasure or to enhance their employability. These new and powerful machines have, in effect, obliterated the walls between learning and the learner
