Our Mission and History

ASTD launched Learning Circuits in January 2000. Its goal was to promote and aid the use of e-learning, creating a body of knowledge about how to use technology efficiently and effectively for learning. It delivers a fully interactive Website with discussions, demos and resources, and articles on a weekly basis. A bi-weekly opt-in email newsletter, LC Express, sends news, teasers, and links to subscribers. There are nearly 500 articles currently on the Website.

Readers-at-a-Glance

The core of Learning Circuits's readers are CLOs, trainers and training managers, line-of-business managers, technology and multimedia developers, training suppliers, and consultants. The 2003 survey finds that more than half (51%) of our readers are managers:

• training managers, 22%
• project managers, 15%
• product or division managers, 14%

Data shows that while 56.4% of our readers come from training, many work in departments outside the training function. Many readers work in HR (13.1%), IT (5.1%), sales and marketing (4.7%), and research (3.6%), among others.

Top vertical sectors include
• higher ed, 13%
• government, 10.6%
• financial services, 8.1%
• healthcare, 7.1%

More information at: http://www.learningcircuits.org/