According the to the “2006 Industry Report” in Training magazine, companies spent approximately 15 percent of their training budgets on distance learning, a two-fold increase over 2005, signifying that remote instruction is here to stay as a mainstream delivery vehicle. If you are considering offering distance learning to your employees, here are the 10 benefits you can expect to get out of the investment.
1.) Curriculum variety: Distance learning allows you to bring in the top industry talent for training at a fraction of the cost.
2.) Customized education: Establishing a corporate university through distance learning allows you to tailor information to specific business needs such as nurturing managerial capabilities, providing task-oriented education and instilling the corporate culture.
3.) Reduced Costs: Remote education reduces the over-all cost of training for corporations spread throughout the U.S. or world. Reported by ComputerWorld in 2005, after implementing distance learning IBM realized nearly $100 million from cost savings on travel and lodging expenses.
4.) Save time: Distance learning promotes efficient, time-saving training sessions.
5.) Flexibility: Distance learning provides a more flexible training schedule.
6.) Promote technology: Distance learning is the high performance approach to training and executive development.
7.) Increase performance: Because distance learning provides cost-effective, time saving training, employees will be better educated and thus more perform better.
8.) Increase competitiveness: When employees perform better, your business is more competitive in the marketplace.
9.) Build corporate community: Corporate universities, provided by distance learning, provide the perfect environment for team building and for developing a consistent corporate culture.
10.) Stay current: Distance learning provides training the growing majority of college and high school graduates are familiar with. In 2005 to 2006, The Sloan Consortium estimated that over 3 million students were enrolled in online university courses and over 700,000 K-12 students took at least one online or blended course.
1.) Curriculum variety: Distance learning allows you to bring in the top industry talent for training at a fraction of the cost.
2.) Customized education: Establishing a corporate university through distance learning allows you to tailor information to specific business needs such as nurturing managerial capabilities, providing task-oriented education and instilling the corporate culture.
3.) Reduced Costs: Remote education reduces the over-all cost of training for corporations spread throughout the U.S. or world. Reported by ComputerWorld in 2005, after implementing distance learning IBM realized nearly $100 million from cost savings on travel and lodging expenses.
4.) Save time: Distance learning promotes efficient, time-saving training sessions.
5.) Flexibility: Distance learning provides a more flexible training schedule.
6.) Promote technology: Distance learning is the high performance approach to training and executive development.
7.) Increase performance: Because distance learning provides cost-effective, time saving training, employees will be better educated and thus more perform better.
8.) Increase competitiveness: When employees perform better, your business is more competitive in the marketplace.
9.) Build corporate community: Corporate universities, provided by distance learning, provide the perfect environment for team building and for developing a consistent corporate culture.
10.) Stay current: Distance learning provides training the growing majority of college and high school graduates are familiar with. In 2005 to 2006, The Sloan Consortium estimated that over 3 million students were enrolled in online university courses and over 700,000 K-12 students took at least one online or blended course.
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