Scalable, efficient and fast
Elearning is flexible in terms of creating and communicating new training materials to all employees throughout the company. Most LMS Learning Management Systems are scalable and they have the ability to handle a growing amount of work in an efficient manner.
Higher engagement
The variety of elearning techniques can make learning more engaging. For example, social learning can improve collaboration. Another great way to use elearning for employee engagement is through gamification.
Increases knowledge retention
All different elearning tools used for employee engagement are expected to increase the knowledge retention.
Saves time and money
Elearning helps to save time on preparing and updating learning materials. Elearning helps to reduce the time away from workplace as well as to save the money spent on trainer and employee commutation, trainer costs and infrastructure rentals.
Capacity and consistency
It is very important to make sure that all employees throughout the company get the same quality training. With elearning all learners, even the one based globally, can the same learning materials at the same time. Elearning offers the opportunity to engage all employees in consistent training and it can help to achieve high levels of coverage amongst your target audience.
Lower environmental impacts
By delivering training online or by testing your employees using online quizzes and tests, you are significantly reducing the paper consumption as well as reducing other waste caused by travelling for training.
Easier to measure learning activities and impact on the job performance
Using a Learning Management System (LMS) makes it very easy to track the the activity and progress of learners as well as to build reports.
Flexible
Elearning is very flexible in terms of providing learners with the freedom to learn at their own pace, when they want and where they want.
Accessible
Elearning materials can be made accessible on any device (laptop, tablet, mobile phone) and at any time. This can be very useful for providing same learning materials to learners throughout the business in different locations, this is great for international companies. The accessibility factor is very important in terms of providing learning to remote workers.
Appealing to millennials
As the number of technology savvy millennials rises in the workforce, it is clear that any modern organization should provide some elements of elearning to the employees. It is beneficial for the learners in terms of meeting their needs, increasing engagement and ensuring their knowledge retention.
If you want to learn more about different corporate elearning solutions available, visit the Webanywhere website.