ICPI Issue 2 2019

any surface cleaning. Of interest to contractors is a brief article on ICPI’s emerging learning management system or LMS called The Hardscape Institute. ICPI is making several specialist courses available online as learning modules for 24/7 access, a great convenience for those who want to learn more about residential and commercial construction. The course also qualifies for continuing education credits for ICPI’s 2500 certified concrete paver installers. Our only hesitation in this digital sphere is that electronic formats can carry a higher risk of being more easily ignored than printed formats. The Internet is a great, sort of a ginormous file drawer with fabulous search engines. But its breadth of information is mostly greater than depth. Print still rules (or digital print) when it comes to conveying depth and complex information. From a human perspective, eyes viewing a screen, tablet, or phone can react more quickly than hands holding a magazine in making a decision (or not) to browse pages and read articles. We hope that the quality and relevance of the content renders this doubt baseless.

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