Pros of E-Learning
“It’s not rocket science. It’s much more complex. Rocketry is about moving atoms, E-L is about moving minds. - Professor Diana Laurillard.”
- Knowledge is not static, but a continually evolving organism that doesn’t fit the rote-learning from books that is the mainstay of traditional training.
- Students are used to building up a network of global contacts. They are familiar with using technology as a learning tool and will demand it in the future.
- E-L cuts the time taken to explore complex physical objects (such as engines). You don’t have to take them apart physically to see inside.
- E-L allows students to learn about hazardous environments virtually, allowing them to gain experience in safety.
- E-L cuts the need for residential learning, keeping high-performing employees at their work-place, not in the classroom
- Experts are in short supply. E-L can give more students access to them than would realistically fit in a classroom.
- E-L allows students much more opportunity to consult with peers and superiors, all over the organisation, while they are learning.
- Economies of scale: Any global company putting together an integrated training strategy will have to go down the E-L route - it’s just too unwieldy and costly to implement a world-wide classroom learning programme.
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