5/1/09

E-learning - benefits as opposed to traditional classroom settings

ELearning can provide for major benefits for the organizations and individuals involved.

1. Reducing environmental impact: eLearning allows people to avoid travel, thus reducing the overall carbon output.[citation needed] The fact that it takes place in a virtual environment also allows some reduction of paper usage. With virtual notes instead of paper notes and online assessments instead of paper assessments, eLearning is a more environmentally friendly solution.

2. Quality education, made affordable: The fact that instructors of the highest calibre can share their knowledge across borders allows students to attend courses across physical, political, and economic boundaries. Recognized experts have the opportunity of making information available internationally, to anyone interested at minimum costs. This can drastically reduce the costs of higher education, making it much more affordable and accessible to the masses. An internet connection, a computer, and a projector would allow an entire classroom in a third world university to benefit from the knowledge of an opinion leader.[citation needed
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What are the benefits of e-learning?

e-learning makes use of information and communications technology to provide innovative ways to learn. Distance learning covers learning remotely on courses such as home study or 'self-study' courses, which can be combined with e-learning.
e-learning may appeal to you if you:
• want to learn when and where you want, at your own pace
• have commitments which make it harder for you to attend a regular course
• have mobility or health problems that make travel or attendance difficult
• live a long way from a training provider
• work irregular hours or shifts

What are the benefits of e-Learning?
http://www.learngroup.com.au/cms/about/benefits.asp


As we’ve all learned through the years, e-Learning can be a very effective training tool, but only when it’s used in the right places – for the right prices. Otherwise, it can be a wonderfully broad hole to dump your money into…
But! When applied correctly, e-Learning can have the following benefits:

• reduced training costs – e-Learning can reduce the cost of delivering applicable training by 20% in the first year and up to 50% in subsequent years. Please see the ROI section to understand the breakdowns and our assumptions.

• reduced time – e-Learning can reduce the time your employees take to train by 25% to 50%. This improvement, of course, depends upon the type of training offered, but it is largely due to higher retention which can result from the visual and auditory nature of the medium, and the specific feedback for employees.

• more effective learning / better staff productivity – Not only does this delivery method reduce employee learning time, it can also improve their mastery and retention of the training material. This richer learning environment maximises the way many people retain information. A study by J.D. Fletcher for the Institute for Defense Analysis found that in some situations employee learning achievement was improved by up to 25% over conventional training methods.

• more consistent learning – imagine the consistency of having your best trainer in front of your employees!

• flexible delivery / distance delivery – interactive e-Learning can be delivered in many formats – floppy diskette, corporate networks, CD-ROM’s, corporate intranets, even over the Internet. This means that you can get the same training content to employees virtually anywhere. It is often effectively combined with paper-based materials, such as workbooks and written case-studies.

• measurable learning – because a computer is involved, your management team can track which training areas are giving employees the most difficulty, which competencies are most in need of refocusing, which employees need what training – and you can analyse this across departments, branches, groups and regions!

• recognition of prior learning – effective training needs to reach a variety of audiences, sometimes both experienced and inexperienced employees. Using learner "streaming" methods, you can allow employees to pre-test at the beginning of a module and stream them through the appropriate lessons, based upon their performance.

• multi-cultural learning – this is quickly becoming an important challenge for trainers. Again, using streaming techniques, e-Learning can handle multiple languages and cultural idioms to ensure that the employee’s learning environment is made as "comfortable" as possible.
What are the benefits of e-Learning?
http://www.odportal.com/elearning/index.htm
Yes, e-Learning is "cool," but what are the strategic benefits of this way of learning? When does e-Learning become a strategic imperative?

• Cost The cost of e-Learning becomes an important benefit particularly if you factor in the travel expenses of the learners.

• Time The speed of e-Learning becomes an important imperative in some situations: First, if you have a dispursed group of learners they may spend more time traveling to the instructor than actually learning. Second, the time will be reduced for learners who already know some of the material, as they can skim over what they already know.

• Pace Learners can pace their learning according to their work demands. They can learn during chunks of free time.

• Reference Learners can use the learning as a permanent reference system, which they can go back to for refreshers or if a particular need arises.
There area other reasons for e-Learning, and equally there are benefits for instructor led training. As we see better e-Learning content, organizational development professionals need to be careful to select the most appropriate learning styles. One style that is emerging is the blended learning approach, also called blended e-learning.

What are the benefits of e-learning?

what is E-Academy :

on line Trainings give a whole new dimension to learner-centric approach. It offers a wide range of highly interactive Web-based courses designed specifically to deliver effective knowledge transfer. It comprises of a series of Presentations with explanations, demonstrations and hands-on exercises to ensure that you get the maximum inputs.

Advantages :
E-Academy: e- Learning from SAP Education enables you to:

• Improve the return on your training investment
• Increase productivity
• Reduce TCO (total cost of ownership)
• Boost motivation
• Transfer business process knowledge related to SAP effectively
• Use your time in the most efficient way
• Plan your training to suit your schedule
• Revisit or revise content at later date
• Monitor your performance
• Identify additional learning needs

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