One of the barriers to participation in retraining and upgrading programs is the adult learner attrition rate. According to the report by Strath Lane Associates (1983) on Adult Basic Education in the Atlantic Provinces, one of the major barriers to access and program delivery in the region was the lack of follow-up on why people drop out of programs. The U.S. Department of Health, Education and...

This article advocates workplace adult education and training researchers and scholar practitioners interested in career and technical education (CTE), adult education and technology, and who are attempting social and cultural critiques of workplace e-learning. The emphasis on the technological and artefactual in workplace e-learning research and study are not producing the expected learning ou...