IWR is rolling its sleeves tomorrow for a a heated debate on the Future of e-learning. The round table debate has been organised by IWR's parent company VNU and includes a stellar cast of experts. Attendees include the Open Rights Group, Tata Interactive Systems, De Montford University, search engine providers and government agencies, so its likely to be interesting with debate swinging from copyright, to outsourcing and search.

Looking into the issue in preparation, I can't help but wonder if the issue is not so much about the future of e-learning, as the future of learning? Information professionals have seen their roles and departments changed out of all recognition by the web. The whole information landscape is now dominated by online, whether its publishers like OUP and Macmillan investing in online, or Amazon's control of book sales. Add to that the fact that the commercial world is radically different because of the internet, isn't it time education altered to face the internet?

I'm looking forward to hearing about how relevant exams are and how to radically change the way students learn.