The Benefits of E-Learnin

    

The Benefits of E-Learning

The Benefits of E-Learning

One of the consequences of the credit crisis was a new perspective on the potential of e-learning. We decided to take a look at some of the research and discuss the benefits of e-learning, including evidence:

·                 Cost reduction

·                 Faster delivery

·                 More effective learning

·                 Reduce the environmental impact 

   

We provide key data for your business case e-learning.

      Cost reduction?

There seems to be little argument that e-learning can be more cost effective to provide training in the classroom, particularly for large organizations. There are a large number of case studies, including:

Dow Chemical, which reduces the average cost of $ 95 per student / per course of training in the classroom, only $ 11 per student / per course with electronic delivery, giving rise to an annual savings of $ 34 million.

Ernst & Young has cut training costs by 35 percent while improving consistency and scalability. They condense around 2900 hours of training in classroom 700 hours of learning web-based, 200 hours of distance learning and 500 hours of classroom instruction, a reduction of 52 percent.
Plus shipping less there is an argument that e-learning is more cost effective because there is a reduction of training known as learning name compression. This is because the largest cost of training in organizations is the cost of personnel involved in the training, rather than the direct delivery costs in terms of trainers, course materials, travel and accommodation. E-learning can provide benefits by reducing the time it takes to train people, because:

Students can go at their own pace, not at the pace of the slowest member of a group
    Class time can be devoted to questions / introduced by other delegates topics that are unrelated to the needs of the learner
    It is time for social interaction

    It takes less time to start and finish a learning session
    There is less time traveling to and from a training event

    Students learn what they need to learn, they can jump program elements they do not need
According to Brandon Hall, these factors can add up to an average compression (gain learning time) of 35-45 percent when a course is out of the classroom and delivered via e-learning.

Rosenberg argues e-learning "can last from 25 to 60 percent less time to transmit the same amount of instruction or information as in a classroom.

     Fast is e-learning?

At a time when change is faster than ever a major advantage of e-learning is that it has time faster than traditional classroom delivery cycle. There is a practical limit on the speed of learning can be deployed to classroom instruction, such as the ability to provide learning is limited by the number of classrooms and teachers available.
British Telecom has provided training for e-business 23,000 employees within three months, at a cost of £ 5.9 million, against 17.8 million pounds and a period of five years for the classroom.

     But e-learning effective?

A survey of nine years of research literature on training published by Fletcher and Tobias in "training and retraining," commissioned by the American Psychological Society, and published in 2000, concluded that:

"The students learn more using computer-assisted instruction than they do with traditional means of education, as measured by test scores after treatment.
Specific studies of Fletcher (1999), Kulik (1994), Willett, Yamashita and Anderson (1983), confirm that students learn more by using the computer-assisted instruction than they do with teaching methods traditional.

Brandon Hall (2001) noted that learning the most suitable for e-learning conversion includes information and knowledge, processes and procedures. This report indicates that the learning gains were found in:

   learners' attitudes toward e-learning format and general training

The scores of students on tests, certifications or other assessments

 the number of students who reach the level of "control" and / or "final exams"

    the ability of learners to apply new knowledge or processes on the job

long-term preservation of the information

     Is it environmentally better?

Online learning is an effective way for businesses to reduce their carbon footprint.

A study by the Open University, "to sustainable higher education: environmental impacts of higher education on campus and remote systems," found that, on average, production and delivery of training courses distance consumed about 90 percent less energy and produces 85 percent less CO2 emissions per student than conventional university courses on campus.'s major economies were due to a reduction in the number of trips for students, savings scale in the use of the campus site and the elimination of a large part of the energy consumption of student housing. In other words, the study of the house and using a computer at home was much more energy efficient.
The study of the Open University examined the energy retail costs associated with classroom learning in terms of CO2 emissions, and compared with the costs of learning via a computer. Computers are not saints of the environment: They burn energy at least 0125 kwh per hour for a desktop PC, and can contain toxic substances such as lead, cadmium and PCBs that pose health and environmental risks serious. Nevertheless, the levels of CO2 emissions related to the use of computers were significantly lower than those associated with delivery methods more traditional education, and a large part of the study was made from the house using computers that students already possess.

E-learning can also save trees by saving paper. Many e-learning courses are completely self-contained with all learning content online, or to provide alternative forms of communication on paper with tools such as email, PDF manuals, synchronous classes and other web-based tools.