| The focus of e-learning and training is now on | | | | up a virtual environment for disseminating access |
| continuous learning and development programs | | | | to knowledge to its staff. This is how an |
| rather than giving new employees an orientation | | | | e-learning portal is born. Such portals are known |
| program. Employees benefit from this learning and | | | | differently-e-learning centers, internal portals, online |
| development program since they can excel at | | | | education centers, virtual universities and |
| their role and responsibilities better with these | | | | corporate universities. |
| knowledge resources, besides also channelizing | | | | These are the frameworks for e-learning, or |
| their knowledge into workable ideas that can | | | | training to happen. Besides, learners can also use |
| translate into business solutions. | | | | specific tools to access, navigate and aggregate |
| Since organizations have the unique responsibility | | | | "learning chunks" (whether complete or bite-sized) |
| of consolidating knowledge and information into | | | | or "learning objects" from courses, web sites, |
| training modules for employees quicker and more | | | | internal databases or repositories. |
| effectively than before, they need to look for | | | | The e-learning portal, therefore, becomes an |
| technologies that will cohere knowledge into a | | | | access point from where courses, training, |
| centralized access point, and present it seamlessly. | | | | applications, services are sent out to customers, |
| This is where e-learning steps in. It is critical to the | | | | employees, partners or suppliers. On the other |
| success of organizations, communities and | | | | hand, it is also the meeting place for the |
| economies, and individuals. Through e-learning | | | | organization's web channels such as the Internet, |
| portals, effective educational and training courses | | | | intranet, extranet, etc to combine information |
| can be brought to the PCs of employees who | | | | that will benefit the larger community. |
| can benefit from it in terms of receiving upto | | | | Benefits of e-learning portals: You get the benefits |
| date information, customized, accessible 24/7, | | | | of real time training, replete with integrated |
| flexible, convenient, user-centric and in the form | | | | multimedia and instructor-led in an environment of |
| of centralized knowledge management. | | | | pooled resources. |
| What is an e-learning portal? An organization sets | | | | |