Thursday 8 December 2011

Keeping Global Knowledge Flowing Requires Graduates Of IT Courses

By Frank Hayes


We live in a world with some amazing things, like cars that can change colors and the ability to instantly communicate with simultaneous audio, video and text to anywhere on earth and in space. That tremendous capability comes with a very steep learning curve that seems to never level off. That is why IT courses are and will remain critical learning opportunities.

The idea that we will be able to end the reliance on hard copy documents is still futuristic, but reliance on data in electronic form is the new norm. It is simply faster and more efficient, which is why it is incorporated in to everything from cars and refrigerators to toys and greeting cards. It is hard to imagine an organization that can run without electronic data.

From the beginning, with toddlers learning the alphabet as likely to use a handheld device as wooden blocks to grasp the concepts. There are many arguments that learning is faster, retained longer and more comprehensive because students know how to navigate the computer world. But with all that familiarity, it will still require training for them to know how to maintain or improve their many gadgets.

Where colleges use to either issue or require the students to buy a slide rule, computers have taken over. In many cases it is no longer possible to take a course without one, either owned or borrowed. These institutions, for all their combined knowledge, must rely on individuals who may not even have a degree to install, configure and run their internet system.

One of the big ideas for helping decrease the cost of health care on a national scale is to move medical records to an electronic version within three years. Despite using advanced diagnostic tools, most physicians use paper for their most important data. Medical charts are a staple of medicine, despite the loss of efficiency their handling and filing costs.

Setting up a system which allows everyone to be connected and the data protected is only the beginning, however. The pace of change and advances is startling, and requires constant monitoring. With all the staff currently has to deal with, specialist will be needed dedicated to keep knowledge flow smooth and defect free.

The bottom line is that every institute, business, education or government organization needs IT courses. They will either have to initiate, maintain, or update their system for the foreseeable future. The only way to stay in business is to have specially trained personnel to keep the process functioning




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