Why Hightop e-Learning

Why E-Learning

Why is e-Learning becoming so popular?

There is growing pressure on training departments to provide a clear return on investment for workplace training, and traditional programs are just not filling the bill. E-Learning delivers more training, to more people, for the fewest dollars. E-Learning saves time, money, resources, and it delivers measurable, tangible results.

E-Learning not only provides for enhancing skills and knowledge through an array of courses with consistency, but e-Learning is used also as an online access point to a library of varying topics. Students no longer have to take a complete course, only the exact subject matter that is of interest to them.

Like any training, e-Learning works best when goals are set and carefully measured. It's not a cure all, but companies everywhere are saying e-Learning is a cost effective way to make a difference in the workplace.

Benefits of E-Learning Include:

Cost-Effectiveness: Without travel time expenses, instructor salaries, classroom expenses you are putting more training dollars into training. E-Learning is perfect for dispersed workforces.
Improved Accessibility: Students can access training instantly-at the office, at home, or on the road, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Education is available when and where the student wants (and needs) it.
Flexibility: Students can choose from a variety of interactive self-paced courses, and they can take advantage of an extensive reference library.
Customization: e-Learning content can be tailored to the interests and career objectives of individual groups or job profiles within your organization. Training and course material is completely consistent since it is updated centrally.
Measurement: Tools are available to monitor and track student's progress, performance and levels of improvement. Managers have the ability to produce detailed usage reports, create assessments and monitor course completion dates.
Speed to Productivity: The use of hyperlinks, archived information, the entire Web, peer comments, and exercises offer a wealth of learning experiences that are impossible in other learning environments.
Variety: Hundreds of in-depth courses are available instantly; covering business skills, compliance, workplace safety, IT, desktop, HR and finance, and custom courses developed specifically for any organization.
Simplified Logistics: Physical resources such as CD-ROMs, cassettes, books and conventional classrooms are eliminated.
Higher Retention: Increased retention and application to the job averages an increase of 25 percent over traditional methods, according to an independent study by J.D. Fletcher (Multimedia Review, Spring 1991, pp.33-42). Learning times reduced, an average of 40 to 60 percent, as found by Brandon Hall (Web- based Training Cookbook, 1997, p. 108).
Faster Learning Curve: Technology-based solutions allow more room for individual differences in learning styles. Learners who have more control over their learning process and better understand the material have a 60% faster learning curve, compared to instructor-led training.

Return on Investment

Training Magazine reports companies save from 50-70% when they replace instructor-led training with electronic content delivery and employees prefer e-Learning. That's the message of a 2005 survey of 1,200 companies by recruitment firm Chandler Macleod.

Cisco Systems saves at least $240 million annually from its education budget by using e-training.

Oracle estimates that e-Learning saves the firm $100 million a year.

Barclays Bank saved an estimated $1.5 million by moving its leadership development program online. Over 1,600 days of leadership training were delivered via the Internet in 2004.