Just a few years ago, web-based learning through PCs was seen as revolutionary.

There are only a few years learning on the Internet through PC was considered revolutionary. Companies could put their guidance and ongoing training on the line and all employees would receive standardized training. Soon, with the spread of Wi-Fi, router-based wireless networks and satellite, people could tap into this type of training course. A seller could form in the last marketing presentation to move to board a plane to her or his next destination. Or a person can direct you to their new jobs at home before the first day they work.

Now, web-based courses have taken a step forward with the technology involved in the internet that allows devices Besides computers. There are some striking examples of how this might work. For example, your TV may be connected to the Internet in a way that allows you to tune in a training or conference as easy as switching to a specific channel. You can use your DVR and really get the most out of the conference.

There are also less obvious, but still valuable examples of the potential of Internet appliances. For example, a printer running on the Internet can tap into the Web-based training to help you maximize the quality of their photos before printing. You can learn to crop, sharpen, lighten, so your photos have an online guide that directs real-time information to a computer nearby. This web-based guide, because the device has Internet can actually know what you do and direct you as to whether this is correct or not. If you have an Internet-enabled all-in-one device, you will also learn how to scan and fax for maximum results.

There are even some very far ways, but really interesting technology that could be used. In the kitchen, internet enabled devices you might actually learn to cook like you, sending information to a monitor near the time the food is made or ready for next step. The Internet has enabled a coffee machine could use web-based training to help you prepare the perfect coffee that responds in real time to fine grains of soil, water temperature, or density of the drink resulting.

In all these examples, learning based on the Web would take place in real time, and could lead to new skills being developed. And in each instance, it is also possible to use live help. In the first example, a guide could you catch all that you had breached the conference if you "arrive late". On the Internet has, for example, the printer, helping you to live may help when the document presents special challenges - the person at the other end can "see" what happens in real time. In the third example, a cook could teach people how to cook his or her income almost like he or she is there - even checking the temperature and other information from their remote location.

Perhaps the most exciting aspect of learning web-based and Internet enabled technology is the ability for people to do things together even when they are away. Hundreds of people could be part of a web conferencing feature that helps to learn the latest uses for Internet-enabled device. Or, your friend, relative or teacher who knows how to do something that you could offer to learning based on the Web where they can see and respond to your comments on an Internet-enabled device.