E-Learning

Although face-to-face training is effective it is also time consuming. E-Learning can typically save 40%-60% of your time compared to learning the same content in a classroom environment. The ability to re-sit or review content at any time – at home or while commuting, at your own pace makes E-Learning the obvious choice when you’re short of time.

Initial development costs are not insignificant, but the ability to re-use, quickly adapt and modify modules to suit requirements makes E-Learning the clear winner where budgets are concerned. The cost of travel, accomodation and other logistics of getting trainees to a training centre is sometimes prohibitive, and the loss of time, effort and concentration can make the whole process counter-intuitive and a poor investment.

Compared with face-to-face training, E-Learning has far higher retention rates. In fact, E-Learning retention rates are double if not triple the rates achieved with traditional methodologies. Learners with communication and comprehension difficulties are more likely to engage in a self-paced e-learning environment than they would in a live classroom situation.

Tracking competency is far easier and more consistent with E-Learning, whereas a face-to-face training environment relies on the ability of the facilitator to report accurately. The E-Learning space also allows for much faster assessment and remediation, allowing you to take better care of and have more effective control of your employees’ progress.

E-Learning gives you the edge when you’re adapting to changes in your environment. For instance, rolling out deviations on a policy or procedural change  could be almost instantaneous in the E-Learning environment, but time-consuming and expensive if face-to-face was your only option.

Not everyone responds well to a classroom environment – some find it dull and boring. However, the E-Learning environment allows them to self-educate at their own pace and repeat sections where they need to. In addition, some scenarios are completely unsuited to a classroom setting.

For example, learning how to operate a handheld device in a logistics/supply chain management workplace. This is a perfect scenario for an interactive, feedback-rich E-Learning module which could accurately simulate the interface, interactions, and results of a real-world situation.

It’s a proven fact that happy employees work harder, are more focused, and are more productive than unhappy ones. There’s nothing that shows employer commitment more than providing employees with the ability to improve their skills and reap the rewards of competence. Its far easier to keep an existing employee on a sustainable career path than have to train new ones from the ground up. E-Learning provides a focused, maintainable and measurable way of keeping employees motivated and productive as valued members of your organisation.

It’s fairly evident that removing the need to commute to training courses, obviating the requirement for printing course notes, manuals and other assets, as well as other logistical issues will reduce the environmental footprint of your training. Parents with at-home aged children will appreciate not having to pay for childcare as they do their training from home. Digital assets with flexible and easily-updatable content will reduce the environmental overhead. And that’s a good thing!

With it’s cost-effectiveness, ease of access, swift deployment, consistent content, measurable competency tracking, versatile applications and demonstrable results, it’s plain to see that E-Learning will improve your bottom line.  It will increase your competitive edge and allow you to react quickly and effectively to market change.