E. Workplace and Training [25 minutes]

Now that we have talked about using and accessing the Internet and the Internet and health issues, we are going to change gears and discuss the workplace and training.

Workplace

  1. When we were discussing having access to the Internet, some of you mentioned that it is possible to have access to the Internet at your workplace. Could you ever access the Internet in your workplace if you chose to do so?

    • Do you use the Internet at work?
    • Why/why not?
    • Up until you recently started using the Internet, did you feel that you were at a disadvantage as a non-user in your workplace?

Training

  1. These days, in the course of a person’s career, they may need to take training. People may take training in order to start a new job, to pursue a different career, to upgrade their skills to move up in their job or to learn a new system or way of doing things to retain their current job. What about training? Have any of you taken any kind of training courses for your work in the past year? What kind of training was this?

  2. Are you interested in taking any training? Why/why not?

  3. Is it possible to take training on computers or the Internet with relation to your job?

    • Would you be interested in taking this type of training?
    • Why/why not?

  4. And are any training courses available over the Internet? Meaning that it is possible to learn about a subject by following a course that takes place on the Internet?

    • Would you be interested in taking this type of training?
    • Why/why not?

F. CONCLUSION [5 minutes]

  1. Is there anything else you would like to add before we end the discussion?

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