L&D professionals should embrace the potential of e-learning
by Lisa Minogue-White, Personnel Today
Too many learning and development professionals fear online learning. Lisa Minogue-White of WillowDNA believes that learning and development needs to wake up to the huge potential e-learning presents and attempt more than simple “tick-box” training. Online learning is not the trend du jour or cheap training option to turn to when budgets are slashed. It’s not a buzz word, the latest initiative, or a flash in the pan that will pass before we all troop back into the classroom. Sadly though, the learning and development community can end up treating online learning as such, as I know from experience. Many organisations get it wrong at the outset by focusing on cutting costs. Thirty minutes of generic e-learning using cheesy business simulations and dull visuals can be the most isolating of learning experiences. Bad experiences like this only prove the point of those trainers and learners who feel that there is no substitute for face-to-face time.
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