Why e-Learning?
Why should I move some parts of my instructor-led training to e-learning? What are the benefits? What will be my return on investment (ROI)? How do I convert my instructor-led training to e-learning? These are some of the questions I’m fielding lately from prospective clients as they face the realities of the current economy. Loyal clients of theirs have canceled on-site training as they witness the slashing of their training dollars.
Steve Norris produced the video I’ve chosen for Video of the Month. We haven’t met (yet), and I liked his video for its brevity and how it goes straight to the point.
This video is only 56 seconds long, and reinforces what e-learning professionals already know. However, for those who are considering converting some (or all) of their instructor-led training programs to some form of asynchronous* learning, this video may open their eyes to wonderful, new opportunities.
Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccS5L1ko45A
The one point Steve emphasizes in his video is one I believe we practitioners sometimes forget to emphasize with our clients:
Review and Increased Retention
Learners can go back to an e-learning course and review all or parts of it as needed, at their own pace.
The beauty of e-learning lies in the learner’s ability to review the course as many times as the learner needs to reinforce and retain knowledge and skills. That reinforced knowledge results in transfer of solid skills to the learner’s work tasks. This further enhances the learner’s job performance and then the organization’s performance as well.
I used to be a facilitator of instructor-led programs. Once the facilitator leaves the client’s site, the learners are on their own to review and apply what they learned to their jobs. (To be fair, sometimes ILT training vendors have a provision in their vendor contracts where learners can contact their facilitators for a six-month period once classroom instructions is finished.)
Thanks, Steve, for the brief reminder of one benefit of e-learning.
*Asynchronous: What does that mean?
