Technology is now embedded in the workplace: nearly all numerical and written work is done via computers, and the way research, analysis and assurance is carried out has been transformed by technology and access to the internet. Today’s graduates and professionals know nothing else. As more and more activity goes online, finance professionals are keeping up with regulation, filing reports, accessing data and so on, remotely in cyberspace. They are truly becoming ‘e-professionals’.
The e-professional: embracing learning technologies explores the world of the accountant as an e-professional, focusing on three areas:
In this video ACCA’s Helen Perkins speaks with Joyce Renney, client director of Lighthouse Global - the strategic research and consulting group ACCA collaborated with to develop the report - about the research approach and key findings.
Helen then interviews Laura Overton, managing director of Towards Maturity – an independent, not-for-profit organisation with a focus on learning technologies – a contributor to the report.
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As part of our Research and Insights Conference, ACCA’s Helen Perkins talks to Richard Pollard, global development leader, on PwC’s approach to e-learning and e-assessment, and in a separate interview speaks with Martin Taylor, CEO of BPP Business School to find out how the leading learning provider is using technology in e-learning. Watch the interviews:
Last updated: 17 Jan 2012
