The Value of eLearning
There is widespread evidence from both organisational reports and academic literature of the increase in the use of eLearning as part of a portfolio of training options available to HR managers. This paper addresses some of the challenges in this area for training and HR professionals and outlines some solutions for the future.
There is widespread evidence from both organisational reports and academic literature of the increase in the use of eLearning as part of a portfolio of training options available to HR managers.
This does not mean to say that we have seen the end of instructor-led training (at the time of this report it still dominated the market with a 70 per cent of all training), nor would many suggest the replacement of all traditional learning methods.
However, the share of instructor-led training in the market in the next few years was predicted to fall to about 35 to 40 per cent, to be overtaken by technology-based training.
At the same time, it is not an either/or situation. Indeed, a case example reported by the head of global management development at IBM, emphasised this by noting that it wasimportant that IBM’s approach to eLearning did not eliminate face-to-face learning, rather that it enhanced it.