| Giving their employees elearning opportunities will | | | | learning solutions are now starting to realize that |
| be a win-win situation for any company. Every | | | | the key to their success against the crowd of |
| company wants to be able to provide its | | | | other elearning solutions competitors is to bring up |
| employees with the best corporate training that | | | | the level of the game. Thus, what the market is |
| they could provide. Every company wants to be | | | | seeing are new kinds of techniques or ways to |
| able to provide its employees with the best | | | | utilize technology in order to create a much more |
| corporate training that they could provide. Giving | | | | interactive learning activity. |
| their employees elearning opportunities will be a | | | | Another development that several providers are |
| win-win situation for any company. In giving their | | | | doing is the addition of human support. Human |
| employee adequate training, they boost the | | | | support facilitates the interaction between the |
| employee’s morale because the company | | | | trainee and the instructional program. This is why |
| is providing a free service. | | | | several platforms are being invented to create a |
| The company will also benefit from the | | | | faster video and chat support for new learning |
| employee’s additional training since this | | | | programs. Syncing these new technologies with |
| experience and newly-honed skill will be put to | | | | the old platforms is not as easy as it sounds but |
| good use by the company. However, there are | | | | the development is clearly gaining popularity. |
| many critics today that are talking about how the | | | | Keeping trainees and students motivated is a |
| current technologically-enhanced learning solutions | | | | challenge in the virtual learning environment. |
| are not up to the standards of training and | | | | Solution providers are coming up with creative |
| learning that is demanded by the market. | | | | solutions to address this issue, an example is the |
| What most companies would love to get is a truly | | | | addition of a social networking type of platform. |
| engaging, synergy dependent learning process for | | | | Earlier versions of technology assisted learning |
| their employees and trainees. However, virtual | | | | attempted to replicate the traditional classroom |
| learning solutions and other corporate training | | | | setting. This version proved to be unsuccessful in |
| avenues are not able to create such an ideal | | | | holding the attention of the students and keep |
| environment. Most training seminars that give out | | | | them engaged in long periods of time. |
| certification afterwards are more or less below | | | | Another factor to consider is the type of learners |
| the level of quality that the information | | | | that will use the system. There two kinds of |
| technology industry needs. This is because such | | | | learners: the dependent and the independent |
| online courses today are mostly an information | | | | learners. The dependent learners expect to learn |
| spoon feeding program. Programmatic is the word | | | | when they are told but independent learners take |
| that defines them. All that happens is that some | | | | the initiative and are willing to learn because they |
| digital content is passed on to trainees who are | | | | are self-motivated. |
| essentially just asked to memorize the | | | | There are a lot of problems and issues the |
| information. There is no collaboration; living, | | | | industry have to deal with in this new teaching |
| passionate encounter with the lesson and thus the | | | | technology. Examples are questions on |
| knowledge is not ingrained. It is simply | | | | affordability and flexibility. Elearning is still at the |
| programmed. | | | | early stages of growth as industry and analysts |
| This is why companies that provide electronic | | | | see that it is steadily growing at a healthy rate. |