In a recent survey by Expertus, it was found that the most important strategy that learning organizations are exploring to reduce the cost of training delivery is to migrate instructor-led training either to ‘blended learning’ or to look into elearning development. The benefits here are obvious – cost reductions in travel, facilities, equipment, and trainers.
However, organizations should not focus only on cost reduction. They must also work to leverage the other benefits of blended and elearning development such as, availability, reusability, efficiency, and above all, scalability.
Elearning can be available 24/7, but the organizations don’t have to offer their entire content as classic elearning modules. Properly designed and broken down into small pieces to use, e-learning can be used when there is a need for time-of-need training, alerts, or performance support. Organizations should consider looking at smaller learning modules, although it might demand some training content conversion into reference materials, lists, diagrams, stories, or lessons learned.
A great deal of value can be secured if certain information is made available quickly, and in an easy-to-digest form. One option might be to implement some training outside the LMS. If you can not configure the LMS to access the content quickly and easily, then put the developed content outside. Eliminating the requirement to track it will make it easier for learners to access and absorb the content faster.
For more details on this and for more ways of increasing your training efficiency, please download our recent webinar recording or read our white paper, Eliminate Waste and Reap the Rewards: Nine Ways to Trim Operational Expenses to Fund Strategic Learning, both available at http://www.trainingefficiency.com/.
If your organization is thinking about repurposing your ILT content into ELearning, creating content without compromise or if you’re interested in increasing the efficiency of your learning technology infrastructure, contact me.
