Ways eLearning can help learners and reduce barriers.
eLearning can be a great way to help organisations teach their learners and help reduce the barriers to education that some learners face. Below are some of the benefits that eLearning can provide.
1. Availability
One of the biggest benefits of eLearning is that it can provide training that is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When developing eLearning you develop it using something called an authoring tool, this tool can then be used to publish the course in a format that can be hosted on a Learning Management System. This Learning Management System sits on a server and can be accessed by learners. The benefit of this is that it provides the option for learners to learn at a time that suits them.
2. Accessibility
Another benefit of using eLearning is that you can make it accessible to a wide audience. When running classroom training it is very limited to the people that can physically attend the classroom, if you do not live near where the training is being held it can create travel barriers for learners who may not have the time or means to travel. eLearning however is hosted online, which means learners will be able to access the training from any location (providing the place they are at has an internet connection).
3. Flexibility
Another benefit of using eLearning is that it provides a great deal of flexibility when it comes to updating and changing your courses. When running classroom training it might be difficult to update your content on short notice as you would need to update training materials and explain to the instructor the changes in the content. With eLearning however you can simply update the source file for your eLearning course, publish the new course and upload it to your Learning Management System, and next time your learners log into the course they will see the updated content.
