Businesses are always looking for ways to improve inefficiencies and train their staff effectively, with eLearning, it does just that so it may come as no surprise then that eLearning has overtaken traditional classroom learning in popularity.
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In this blog post, we will be dissecting the benefits of eLearning for businesses and how it can also be beneficial to employees too.
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Cost-Effectiveness
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With traditional classroom training comes many costs, travel expenses, learning materials, venue hire, and catering, and with education being such a fast-paced industry, these learning materials are constantly becoming outdated, which is time-consuming and not good for the environment or for the pocket.
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Fear not, eLearning eradicates all of the unnecessary expenses of travel, venue hire and catering as your employees can learn anywhere they want online, which creates a much better user experience.
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Given the training is online, renewing learning materials is also easier than ever, with the option to update text packets, download lesson plans and more, all whilst saving on printing costs. Cost-effectiveness is undoubtedly one of the most obvious benefits of eLearning, increasing your businesses ROI from the offset.
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Performance and Productivity
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One of the clearest negatives of traditional classroom learning is its ability to take an employee out of the working environment and into a venue potentially miles away from the office with time constraints, preventing them from doing other work in that time. This is where eLearning comes in, having courses online allows employees to choose where and when they learn, ideally in their downtime at work or even at home, increasing productivity in the workplace. Not only is eLearning more productive but it also increases performance as it gives the learner the choice to revisit the information at a later date.
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Convenience and Flexibility
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Gathering a group of employees at any one time or place is never an easy task, but eLearning has no boundaries. Allowing for complete convenience and flexibility, one of eLearnings biggest benefits is its ability to function anywhere with an internet connection. This eradicates any potential issues like sickness/holidays but can instead cater to individual needs.
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Feedback
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So your employee has gone on a course for the day but you have no idea how it went or how much of the course they actually learned? Well with eLearning that all changes, both the employee and the manager are able to get real-time feedback of how they are performing during an online training course. This feature of eLearning provides for far more transparency and increases performance in the learner. Managers can also include quizzes in the training, with the option to input the correct answers to review how well the employee understands the topic they are learning.
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Easy Access
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We’ve all made scribbly notes under the high pressure of an hour-long training course before and struggled to translate them the very next day, well we can now wave goodbye to this practice. With eLearning, retaining information has never been easier, as the materials are all stored online for future access. So if your employee isn’t sure on a certain topic and wants to refer back to what they have learned, it’s easy, all of their resources are in the same place for future access, better retention and improved learning.
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The Learning Experience
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The learning experience is something that is very overlooked in the education sector. eLearning is paving the way for improving retention and personalising the learner’s experience. eLearning companies like Armada are able to create fun and engaging courses through different types of teaching such as videos, interactive slides, and games. eLearning is also more considerate of the learner’s abilities and learning style, allowing them to control the learning at their own pace and in an environment of their choice with fewer distractions or stresses. These unique ways of teaching have proved to result in higher retention rates and increased productivity in the workplace.
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To summarise, the benefits of adopting e-learning are evident for a business. From increasing ROI to being more considerate of the employee’s learning style, eLearning allows everyone to grow and succeed during training.
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To find out more about how Armada can help you discover the benefits of eLearning for yourself, get in touch with us today!