A few months ago I read through my copy of ASTD's 2007 State of the Industry Report. ASTD is the American Society for Training and Development. So, before I raise your hopes about this being a summary of the real estate industry, I should quickly say the subject industry is training.

Not surprising, yet significant, is the continued increasing trends in online learning. Year-over-year growth rates of about 20%-30% were evidenced. The variance owes primarily to the types of technologies used (i.e., self-paced online, instructor-led online, networked, and so on). In any case, no matter how you slice it, that growth is pretty significant.

I wanted to drill-down to the real estate industry; specifically, agent experiences with online training. So, last month, I solicited feedback from some of you as well as from readers from a few other sites in which I hold memberships. It was an informal survey lasting only a few days. But still, it generated more than 25 responses with interesting anecdotal insights and encouraged me to consider doing this annually in a more formal, targeted fashion. Anyway, that's for me to think about later. In the meantime, I promised to summarize the findings of this recent survey and make it available.

Here you go...