The report “How to Promote the Value of Online Training Within Your Organization”* from Training Industry Inc. and Citrix Online suggests 12 reasons organisations use online learning. I find these useful reminders…
- Avoidance of travel costs. As much as 40% spent on in-person training goes to travel and lodging costs, studies show. Those and other fixed expenses are avoided entirely when online training replaces classroom instruction.
- Convenience. Instead of mandatory travel to a single location to receive instruction, busy employees and others can participate in training and meeting sessions on their laptops at locations convenient to them
- Increased retention and productivity. Collaborative learning events increase participant retention and satisfaction, resulting in higher productivity. Factors include more time on the job with the elimination of instructional travel.
- Security. Web-based meetings and training sessions can be held with complete assurance for the safeguard of valuable intellectual property with password-based user authentication, end-to-end encryption and other available security features.
- Interactivity. Tools include dashboards, polls, and question/answer capability, enabling participants to interact and presenters to obtain instant feedback.
- Flexibility. Presenters can conduct large and small meetings in user-friendly and appealing forums that run the gamut from formal presentations to the most impromptu brainstorming session or just-in-time training instruction. Events can be recorded and archived for on-demand viewing by interested parties including new hires and customers. Content is available around the clock.
- Informal learning. The ease of launching spontaneous web-based meetings corresponds with today’s emphasis on informal learning, a growing segment of corporate knowledge transfer within many organizations.
- Ease of preparation. Some online training applications can be easily mastered and immediately employed by subject matter experts without IT support.
- Ease of reporting and analysis. Built-in reporting capabilities allow moderators to track attendees for each session including questions they ask and response to polls/Q&A. This is especially useful for student evaluation, as well as compliance and other mandatory training where specific reporting is required.
- Accessible data. Readily available data also enables appropriate and timely follow-up, including evaluation and immediate contact of participants. That is especially valuable for customer training, and sessions where time-to-market urgency is important.
- Enhanced organizational productivity. Busy executives and other SMEs can get multiple usage out of do-it-yourself Webinars and online training applications.
- Measurable global impact. Even the smallest organizations can reach distant customers and representatives with valuable training, “leveling the playing field” with larger competitors.
*You can find the complete report here:
http://www.ipscmi.org/download/GoToMeeting_TrainingIndustry_OnlineTrainingROI.pdf
Recent Comments