E-learning for the careers profession: What are the lessons for the use of IT in the delivery of IAG?

Abstract

The increased use of online services for Information, Advice and Guidance has been paralleled by changes in the ways in which careers practitioners access their own continuing professional development. This article offers an evaluation of e-learning and blended learning experiences, which reinforces the importance of socialisation in learning. This paper concludes that such enhancement in learning may be limited in online advice and guidance services, reducing the opportunities for challenge, motivation and broadening of aspirations in some cases.