Another birthday yesterday. You would think, after so many, that the thrill would have long gone. And yet. There’s something truly joyful about opening presents and cards, especially when there’s other people sharing the fun with you as each gift is revealed and each card’s picture considered and (hand-written) message read.
egifts and ecards are great of course, and I’d be the first to say how much I appreciated the good wishes of my Facebook friends yesterday. But nothing beats the thrill of tearing open pretty wrapping paper and bulky envelopes to find out what’s inside. (My brash present opening ‘technique’ means I’ve never been able to save the paper and string for ‘another day’.)
Maybe there’s a clue here to the reason why elearning really hasn’t taken over from face to face training in the way it was once predicted. Perhaps it’s because we human beings need to experience something for ourselves to truly understand it. And a real experience involves all our senses—not only our eyes and ears, but smell, touch and taste. Which, as yet, a computer just can’t do.
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