Why Choose E-Training?

E-training keeps proving its value 

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 can automatically track and record an employee’s progress and allow managers and supervisors to pull reports and check progress.

Like any training, e-learning works best when goals are set and carefully measured. In our experience, it also works best when combined with personal interaction in a group setting. It's not a panacea, but companies everywhere are saying this new media is an effective − and cost effective − way to make a difference in your workplace.

Benefits of E-Training at a Glance

When comparing e-learning with conventional training methods, clients describe these benefits:

• Improved accessibility - at the time, place and pace that suit the learner best.
• Enhanced assessment of learning effectiveness through integrated tests assessments, assignments and automated record-keeping.
• Simplified logistics; physical resources such as CD-ROMs, cassettes, books and conventional classrooms are eliminated.
• Complete consistency and no problems with differing versions, since all content is updated centrally.
• Improved performance. Learners climb the learning curve and become productive more quickly.
• The use of hyperlinks, archived information, the entire Web, peer comments, and exercises etc. offers a wealth of learning experiences that are impossible in other learning environments.
• Technology-based solutions allow more room for individual differences in learning styles. Learners who have more control over their learning process and can better understand the material have a 60% faster learning curve, compared to instructor-led training.
• The delivery of content in smaller "chunks" contributes to a more lasting learning effect.
• Students taking an online course enter a risk-free environment where they can try new things and make mistakes in private, especially valuable when trying to learn soft skills like leadership and decision-making. A good learning program shows the consequences of students' actions and where/why they went wrong. After a failure, students can go back and try again, eliminating the embarrassment of failure in front of a group.

The ROI for E-training

Training Magazine reports companies save from 50-70% when they replace instructor-led training with electronic content delivery. Opting for e-learning also means shorter sessions, sessions that can be spread out over several days or weeks so the business doesn't lose an employee for days at a time.

Employees prefer e-learning. That's the message of a 2005 survey of 1,200 companies by recruitment firm Chandler Macleod.

Here are some bottom line savings:

• Cisco Systems saves at least $240 million annually from its education budget by using e-training; executives figure that per student, the company saves $12,000 it would have to spend to send each employee to four classes a year, with travel to half of the courses -- and that number doesn't include lost-opportunity costs.
• 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.

For more information about purchasing our e-courses for your company, please contact us at training@WFCResources.com or on our toll free number 1-800 487-7898.

Individuals may register online for any of our e-learning courses by going to our Online Store and choosing the appropriate courses from the sidebar on the left.