Whether family-owned businesses or thousands of employees: Internal training is a challenge for companies of all sizes. E-Learning can be a relief for bosses and employees in this case, making your training even more efficient. In this article, we present five classic problems and explain how E-Learning solves them for you.
Many companies have already experienced that training seminars and courses are less effective than initially hoped. They often take up a lot of time, and little of the discussed content sticks with employees long-term.
Nevertheless, training is very important! Nearly three-quarters of all German companies conduct at least one internal training session per year. Only 61% of companies conduct in-person seminars. Already 66% rely on E-Learning. The increasing popularity of E-Learning in companies is primarily due to five problems that traditional training brings with it.
Traditional training in the form of an in-person seminar.
Common Training Problems Faced by Many Companies
Surely, you know at least one of the following five significant problems that often arise during training in companies:
Problem 1: Organization
Your employees are at different locations and would have to travel for an in-person event. This involves enormous effort and costs.
Problem 2: Language Barriers
At various locations, your employees might speak different languages, which can be difficult to cover in in-person courses.
Problem 3: Different Learning Media
Especially young employees prefer to work digitally. Traditional "analog" training methods with slides or manuals can be particularly difficult to implement effectively with this group of "young professionals."
Problem 4: Low Motivation
Your training measures mainly aim to convey theoretical knowledge. In live events, this is often demanding and dry for employees. Motivation and the learning success of your employees suffer as a result.
Problem 5: Little Sustainability
Pure in-person training has been less sustainable for your employees in the past and has had a low learning effect.
E-Learning as a Problem Solver in Training
For many of these common problems, there is a solution, and it is called E-Learning!
When you offer your training measures online, you not only save time and money, but you can also train your employees in a more individualized way. Especially in today's time, you should leverage the media available to you and use them for your purposes! We provide you with a brief overview of the advantages of E-Learning – and how these benefits can solve the mentioned problems. Because a functioning internet connection as a prerequisite is already available in every company!
With E-Learning, you can offer your training anywhere and are always connected.
Solutions through E-Learning for the Five Training Problems:
Solution for Problem 1: Organization
You can offer your courses flexibly online, so your employees do not have to travel to a specific location or adhere to a fixed schedule. This reduces the effort for both the organizers and the employees – and saves costs.
Solution for Problem 2: Language Barriers
You can provide your content in the online course in different languages. That way, you can be sure that everyone understands and that employees from different countries can learn together.
Solution for Problem 3: Different Learning Media
Through digital training, you reach primarily young employees, as they are very familiar with technology – plus, you increase the fun factor! In E-Learning, you can, for example, utilize the concept of gamification to motivate your employees to learn in a playful manner.
Solution for Problem 4: Low Motivation
Even "boring" theoretical knowledge can be conveyed particularly well through screencasts and explanatory videos. Videos not only explain knowledge more easily but also bring variety and motivation to training. Another advantage: In such processes, employees can repeat your explanation as often as they like and learn at their own pace.
Solution for Problem 5: Little Sustainability
By combining different learning methods, knowledge is anchored more sustainably. With E-Learning, many possibilities become available. For example, do you know the method of blended learning? Here, in-person and online learning are mixed, resulting in a demonstrably higher learning effect!
Do any of the problems sound familiar to you, and would you like to address these issues in your company as well? Then you should quickly convince your team of the use of E-Learning in training!
So that you can also win your colleagues and superiors for E-Learning, we have finally prepared 7 arguments for Blended Learning for you. This will help you and your company make the transition to online training successfully.
