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The unique features of the Web, such as hypertext and hypermedia, the large number of websites with good quality information sources, current developments in electronic commerce, and the developments in digital publishing, work together to provide a fascinating environment wherein diverse teaching and learning experiences can be developed.
In a marketplace where skills shortages are widely recognized to be a major problem facing many companies, the promise of lower cost, flexible training packages built around Internet and PC-based applications holds very real appeal.
Can it, though, be that simple?
The proliferation of e-learning organizations might lead one to that conclusion but the reality is, that in order to deliver e-learning in a credible and value-adding form, there needs to be a substantial infrastructure of people and resources supporting the learning process.
There is undoubtedly a place for e-learning as part of modern corporate training provision. "E-learning for business" offers six perspectives on how you might make best use of it in your organization.
Articles:
The future of eLearning
Corporate CEOs are finally telling the truth when they say “People are our most important assets”. Intellectual capital has become the primary factor of production. To raise their “corporate IQ”, managers treat workers as if they were customers of learning. This article explores why people learn much more about their jobs in the coffee room than in the classroom.
Originally published in On the Horizon
Volume 12 Number 4, 2004
An informal history of eLearning
eLearning: snake oil or salvation? Changes in the world are forcing corporations to rethink how people adapt to their environment. How do people learn? Why? What's eLearning? Does it work? This paper addresses these questions and recounts the history and pitfalls of computer-based training and first-generation eLearning.
Originally published in On the Horizon
Volume 12 Number 3, 2004
Strategizing for workplace e-learning: some critical considerations
This article examines the way(s) in which e-learning vocabulary and metaphors reveal the attitudes and values that executive decision-makers and analysts bring to bear on organizational e-learning strategies.
Originally published in The Journal of Workplace Learning
Volume 17 Number 5/6, 2005
Developing design principles for an e-learning programme for SME managers to support accelerated learning at the workplace
This paper reports on the development of a workplace-based e-learning programme for small and medium enterprise (SME) managers in five European countries. The course is designed to address the specific needs of SME managers who, it has been noted, represent a significant proportion of the EU workforce but often experience difficulty in finding time or resources to undertake relevant training.
Originally published in The Journal of Workplace Learning
Volume 17 Number 5/6, 2005
Employees and e-learning: what do the end-users think?
Whilst much has been made of the benefits to the organisation of e-learning, there has been little, if any, qualitative investigation into the attitudes and views of the users themselves. SkillSoft embarked on an ambitious project to interview a broad spectrum of over 200 employees, across a range of organisations, in over 14 countries.
Originally published in Industrial and Commercial Training
Volume 36 Number 7, 2004
The nine myths of e-learning implementation: ensuring the real return on your e-learning investment
Having a great e-learning strategy and having great e-learning programs are just no guarantee of success. Without a clear and well-thought-out implementation strategy and plan, one's e-learning efforts will most likely fall far short of one's goals, learners' needs and management expectations.
Originally published in Industrial and Commercial Training
Volume 36 Number 7, 2004
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