The e-learning market is powered by internet penetration, as well as demand for skilling, re-skilling, and upskilling. According to a new Facts & Factors market research report, the e-learning market size and share, which is expected to register $374.3 billion by 2026, include players such as Adobe, Microsoft, Oracle, and Cisco.
Cisco describes its Networking Academy as a global IT and cybersecurity education program that provides courses, tools, and resources to help people participate in the digital economy.
Recently, a blog series highlighted a member of Cisco’s learning engineering team that educates people in skills like computer networking, cybersecurity, and programming.
Jeremy Creech told Cisco that he started taking apart computers at an early age. After high school, he joined the United States Army and was deployed to a Kuwait-based command center where they connected command vehicles. After military service, Jeremy landed a position as a systems administrator for a school district that was trying to develop its computer systems and labs.
While attending a conference, Jeremy learned about the Cisco Networking Academy, which provides an IT curriculum and assessments to help people develop computer networking skills.
Working with a high school principal, Jeremy got permission to offer a Networking Academy course. He became trained and taught a cohort of students and then hired them that summer as a contingent workforce. Jeremy eventually transitioned to a network administrator role for a local community college and working as an IT consultant.
Not long after, he started working part-time with the Networking Academy. He also earned a degree in business, which helped him develop a broader perspective in his role as a Learning Engineer and contribute back to society, locally and globally.
Asked about the Skills for All initiative, Jeremy said the team is looking at ways that a student who is learning on their own can build their self-confidence, and feel empowered and encouraged.
“For the Learning Engineering team, we take that seriously,” Jeremy said. “We think about eliminating language as a barrier to entry for somebody to gain knowledge. We think about accessibility, and people who have various levels of disability, and how we can make sure that we can create more opportunities for all of them. We’re constantly considering how we deliver the content where people don’t have an internet connection, where people don’t have high-powered PCs. We want to create an equitable experience as much as possible to help people everywhere develop employable skills.”
Read the full interview here.
The Facts and Factors report looks at various categories of the E-learning market: primary and secondary supplemental education, higher education, test preparation, reskilling and online certification market, and language and casual learning.
While primary and secondary supplemental education is dominated by students, the reskilling and online certification category is dominated by working professionals, and the test preparation category is dominated by both students and working professionals.
Additionally, rapid transformation in technology and disruptive innovations has led to the tremendous demand for continuous skilling and upskilling to stay relevant in the job market. This in turn has increased the demand for professional courses through an e-learning platform.
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