This from the writer of the article:

“Three of the four were born after the launch of the Internet in 1962, and the Net Generation, born between January 1977 and December 1997, have been exposed to computers and digital media all their lives. Using these tools is as natural as the air they breath. “

That 1962 is not my typo.

I just don't have a lot of confidence in the article.

Perhaps Pat's use the term was her own. I don't now. I don't have her notes. You be the judge.

Here's the section verbatim:

Fuqua School of Management professor Tony O'Driscoll believes there are at least four issues that are marginalizing the classroom as training's primary channel to market. “The physical course package is becoming increasingly untenable as the true costs of travel and attendance are made more visible. Also the new emphasis on corporate social responsibility is putting pressure on the justification for travel,” says O'Driscoll.

He notes that searching for information within the context of work activity is a lot easier than it used to be. “Folks who are busy option for real-time information via Google rather than information packaged in courses on the LMS,” he says. Employees are also leveraging the poser of Web 2.0 technologies to tap into subject matter networks[emphasis mine].”Got a problem? Post it on Facebook or Twitter, and wait for the cavalry to provide [the answer],” says O'Driscoll.

The fourth factor impinging on the classroom is relevance. “In a time where the real expertise resides at the edge of the network, and training sits in the middle, it is often the case that the traditional training factory model of seconding SMEs and producing learning modules are teaching old habits as opposed to contemporary best practices.
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Thanks for the good information.