About once a year, I try to make a professional education plan for myself.  I firmly believe in the value of continuing education and training and know that I have to own this challenge for my own professional growth.

imageI like to take a hard look at:

  • Trends in the Information Technology industry
  • Gaps in my current knowledge
  • Emerging issues that I see coming up at work
  • Larger social and culture based effects that I am unprepared for
  • Industry media coverage trends

My initial list for this year looks like it includes:

  1. The overall aging of the population
  2. The rise of mobile, always connected Internet computing devices
  3. The growing popularity of Apple computing products
  4. The decline of write once, run anywhere software development
  5. Enterprise Management Systems
  6. Enterprise eLearning Systems
  7. Enterprise content management systems
  8. Transitioning Legacy Systems to Cloud Based ones.
  9. Cloud computing security and information assurance
  10. The end of the print era – the all digital content delivery period
  11. The rise of cloud computing from a consumer and user perspective.

Obviously, there is more than I can handle for one year on this list.  It is essentially a first draft that will have to be cut down, but it is a starting point.  Now I just need to come up with the training, education, and learning plans to accomplish it.

How do you design, execute, and manage your Information Technology Professional Continuing Learning program? What have you found works best?  Can you share via our comments section?

That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for April 28, 2010  by Scott Coughlin.

Image Credit: US Senate Site – Senator Webb

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