The document discusses e-learning and how it expands upon traditional teaching methods. It provides data from a survey showing that the most commonly used Adobe products in e-learning are Acrobat, PowerPoint, and Word. Key drivers for e-learning are the need for just-in-time training, skills gaps, and demands for flexible lifelong learning. Advantages of e-learning include availability anytime and anywhere, affordability, and easily updated content. The future of e-learning includes the rise of mobile learning through portable devices as communication increasingly involves texting.

1. E-LearningE-Learning
Expanding Upon Traditional Teaching MethodsExpanding Upon Traditional Teaching Methods
Joy WillisJoy Willis
April 2009April 2009
HRD 849-001HRD 849-001
Presented to Dr. Bronack and ClassPresented to Dr. Bronack and Class

2. Adobe Products used in eLearning
Impacting the State of eLearning through Technology
 From a survey of companies:From a survey of companies:
 Acrobat: 73.6%Acrobat: 73.6%
 PowerPoint: 72%PowerPoint: 72%
 Word: 59%Word: 59%
 PhotoShop: 56%PhotoShop: 56%
 Flash: 43.5%Flash: 43.5%
 Dreamweaver: 36.6%Dreamweaver: 36.6%
 Illustrator: 24.8%Illustrator: 24.8%
 Front Page: 18.7%Front Page: 18.7%
 Source: Adobe ProductsSource: Adobe Products

3. Facilitate ChangeFacilitate Change
 Culture
 Coaching
 Communication
 Direction
 Accountability
 Resilience
 Skills and Knowledge
 Recognition
 Managing Projects

4. Drivers to ELearning
eLearning Drivers linked to EBusiness
 Rapid obsolescence of knowledge and training
 Need for just-in-time training delivery
 Search for cost-effective ways ..meeting needs
of global workforce
 Skills gap and demographic changes
 Demand for flexible access to lifelong learning
 Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology:
Lelle, Achim

5. E-BusinessE-Business
 Internet access becoming standard at work and at home
 Advances in digital technologies enable creation of interactive,
media-rich content
 Increasing bandwidth and better delivery platforms make e-
Learning more attractive
 Growing selection of high-quality e-Learning products and
services
 Emerging technology standards facilitate compatibility and
usability of e-Learning products
 Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Lelle, Achim.

6. Disadvantages of Traditional Learning
 Traditional brick and mortar classrooms haveTraditional brick and mortar classrooms have
several disadvantagesseveral disadvantages
 Inconvenient location for the learnerInconvenient location for the learner
 Space restrainedSpace restrained
 Time limit on classroom learning limited toTime limit on classroom learning limited to
actual classtime – no further interaction untilactual classtime – no further interaction until
the next class periodthe next class period

7. Advantages of E-Learning
 However, advantages of e-learning are many
shared by the E-Learning Guru website:
 Available anytime and anywhere
 Affordable
 Content easily updated
 Source: (Kruse)

8. Future of E-Learning
 2.2 billion cell phone subscribers in2.2 billion cell phone subscribers in
20072007 (http://news.cnet.com/Emerging-markets-fuel-cell-phone-growth/2100-1039_3-6159491.html)(http://news.cnet.com/Emerging-markets-fuel-cell-phone-growth/2100-1039_3-6159491.html)
 M-Learning is learning via portableM-Learning is learning via portable
devicesdevices
 Nation of “texters”, just one meansNation of “texters”, just one means
of how we communicate in the 21of how we communicate in the 21stst
Century [Americans text more thanCentury [Americans text more than
they call,they call,
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/brandnewday/archives/2008/09/texting_surpass.http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/brandnewday/archives/2008/09/texting_surpass.
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