DiigoNotes - Why E-Learning is So Effective
Great points as to why eLearning is effective.
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Why E-Learning is So Effective
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Recently, I had a conversation with someone new to elearning and it struck me that she didn’t fully understand the value of elearning. I think this is common as more people are joining the world of elearning. Understanding elearning’s value helps you make the best decisions about when and why to use it.
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E-learning Supports the Organization’s Goals
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**Improved training costs.** Producing learning content is time consuming whether it’s online or not. With elearning, each time the course is accessed your [return on investment](http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/heres-how-to-measure-roi-in-the-real-world/) improves because you are dividing the fixed production costs by number of uses. You also have savings through decreased travel, reduced material, and hopefully improved (and more efficient) performance.
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Decreased material costs.
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By creating the environment online and letting the learner practice, you never have to worry about the costs associated with set up, use, and clean up.
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**Increased productivity**. Because elearning is not bound by geography or time, you can control training’s impact on production by training people during down times.
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**Standardization**.
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Elearning allows you to create a standardized process and consistency in the delivery of content. It also compresses delivery time. I’ve combined elearning courses with facilitated sessions. Elearning delivered consistent content.
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Real-time access.
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Live learning events require that those who participate align their schedules to the training calendar. Elearning eliminates this because the course can be accessed anytime, anywhere.
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[Elearning lets you fail without fear](http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/what-slot-machines-video-games-and-legos-have-to-do-with-e-learning/).
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The combination of multimedia and instructional design can produce a very rich learning experience that is repeatable.
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**Personalized learning**.
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Elearning allows you to offer control to the learners in a way that classroom learning doesn’t.
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**Ongoing access to resources**. If you take a class in the real world and need a refresher, you better hope that you took good notes. Otherwise, you’re out of luck. That’s not the case with elearning.
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**Knowledge management**.
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If you incorporate some of the tools that allow collaboration and conversation, you can capture organizational knowledge that is available for future learners.
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**Encourage sharing**. The foundation of a learning community is built on sharing what you know with others. This is where incorporating a forum or wiki really adds value to your elearning. Depending on how the course is structured, you can encourage sharing of resources and insight gained from the course.
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**Employer of choice**.
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Elearning is good for the environment. Britain’s Open University’s “study found that producing and providing distance learning courses consumes an average of **_90% less energy_** and produces **_85% fewer CO2 emissions_** per student than conventional face-to-face courses.”
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