Martinsburg College Office of Continuing Education

Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin            A variety of professions and industries require continuing education. Through continuing education, individuals can not only learn new skills and improve their marketability, but they also can expand upon their current knowledge with additive knowledge in the field (Cohen, 2015). In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic affected every industry on some level.  The pandemic’s impact on individuals gathering in crowds forced the area of continuing education to evolve into a predominantly online industry. While distance education has been around since the 1800s, these recent shifts in our society have applied pressure on each industry to rethink current…