Advantages of E-Learning

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Advantages of e-learning E-learning is beneficial especially for global organizations due to the lower cost that need to pay by the employees. According to Shepherd (2002), course with electronic delivery, giving rise to an annual saving of $34 million. When delivered through technology based solutions, training is less expensive per end user due to scaleable distribution and the elimination of high salaries for trainers and consultants. The biggest benefit of e-learning, however, is that it eliminates the expense and inconvenience of getting the instructor and students in the same place. According to Training Magazine, corporations save between 50-70% when replacing instructor-led training with electronic content delivery. Opting for e-learning also means that courses can be pared into shorter sessions and spread out over several days or weeks so that the business would not lose an employee for entire days at a time. Workers can also improve productivity and use their own time more efficiently, as they no longer need to travel or fight rush-hour traffic to get to a class. In addition to lower delivery costs there is a strong argument that e-learning is more cost-effective because there is a reduction in training time known as learning compression. This is because the single largest cost of training in organizations is the cost of staff attending the training course, rather than the direct delivery costs in terms of trainers, course materials, travel and accommodation. According to Brandon Hall (2001), e-learning can deliver benefits by reducing the time it takes to train people. It is an average compression (saving of learning time) of 35-45 percent when a course is taken out of the classroom and delivered as e-learning because learners can go at their own pace, not at the pace of the slowest member of a group. Besides that, time in classrooms can be
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