This document is a student paper analyzing the potential use of e-learning in a company. It finds that the company and its employees are prepared for e-learning based on technological skills. The paper recommends a two-stage e-learning system starting with enhancing current training and later adding equipment. Potential benefits identified include reducing travel costs and expanding training reach. Challenges like resistance and technology changes are also addressed.

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Student: Matthew Haussmann
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E-Learning Instructional Strategies Assignment Five
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2. Introduction
 This discussion will focus on the potential use of E-
Learning in the company
 Preparedness of the company in relation to E-Learning
 Ability of the company to adapt to an E-Learning
format
 Benefits of E-Learning
 Uses for the system
 Recommendations concerning E-Learning and the
companies current state

3. E-Learning: The Basics
 What is E-Learning?
 Any learning performed using an electronic format
 CD’s & DVD’s, email, text, live video
 Is E-Learning effective?
 Depending upon implementation
 Can be as effective or more effective then traditional
learning
 Much depends upon the learner
 Reference: Lever-Duffy & McDonald, 2011

4. Uses for E-Learning
 Education
 Communication
 Management-Employee Relations
 Follow up
 Demonstrations

5. How e-learning works
 Information-acquisition
 Instructor’s job to present information
 Student’s job to engage and retain information
 Examples of information-acquisition learning:
 Reading from a report or text
 PowerPoint presentation
 Lecture from an instructor

6. How people learn from e-learning
Means of learning How learning works
 Learner must examine the
material presented
 Select the words and images
which relate to the topic
 From these images, the
learner must organize the
data into a cohesive picture
 This new knowledge must
then be assimilated with
already stored knowledge
 People have separate
channels for visual and audio
stimuli
 Humans can only process a
limited amount of data at one
time
 Learner must be actively
involved
 Knowledge can be transferred
from long term memory

7. Assessment of Readiness: Learners
 E-learning is based on technology
 Today’s employees have a solid grasp of the resources
used in e-learning
 Employees enter the company with the necessary skills
to succeed in e-learning
 Proliferation of smart phones, tablets, and Internet
access has provided today’s learners with hands-on
technological training
Reference: Horton, 2006

8. Assessment of Readiness: Technology
 E-Learning: Basics of technology
 Consistent, reliable Internet connection
 Computers that run on the same operating system
 Advanced technology
 Webcams
 Wireless Internet
 The company currently possesses all of the
supplies listed above
 Simple transition into E-Learning

9. Potential of E-Learning for the
Company
 Enhancement of current training procedures
 Reach a wider audience
 Reduce travel expenses
 Video Conferencing
 Inclusion of team members from remote locations
 Reduction in facility rentals
 Addition to the interview process
 Expansion of potential employees
Reference: Clark & Kwinn, 2007

10. Example: E-Meetings
 Definition of E-meetings
 Meeting involving team members from multiple
locations
 Interaction occurs over video screens
 Takes place in real time
 Each member can see the others
 No restrictions of location or time zone

11. Example: Management Training
 E-Learning as an enhancement to the current training
system
 Reduction in the time new managers spend in “training”
stores
 Provide live follow up to manager trainees once they
leave the training store
 Allows for the use of different methods of training in
additional to the traditional program

12. E-Learning System Proposal
 An effective E-Learning system can be developed
through two stages
 Stage one: Implementation of the basic system
 Technology is already in place
 Start with enhancing the training program
 Stage two: requires the purchase of additional
equipment
 Whiteboards, tablets
 Implement the use of e-meetings

13. Training the Trainers
 Trainers will need to learn new techniques
 Will need to be provided with required reading
 Attend a training conference
 Training will be supplemented by an e-learning course
to provide experience
 Trainers will then participate in a second e-learning
course as trainers to practice their skills

14. Challenges with E-Learning
 Resistance from employees
 E-learning must be presented in a positive fashion
 Highlight the benefits to the employees
 Potential for “cheating”
 Difficult to manage offsite
 Provide employees learning time during their shifts
 Continuous changes in technology
 No need to keep up with the latest fads
 Construct a simple system and stick with what works
Reference: Evans, Forney, Guido, Patton, & Renn, 2010

15. References
 Clark, R. C. & Kwinn, A. (2007). The new virtual classroom.
San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.
 Dubrin, A. J. (2004). Applying psychology: individual &
organizational effectiveness (6th ed.). Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Pearson.
 Evans, N. J., Forney, D. S., Guido, F. M., Patton, L. D. &
Renn, K. A. (2010). Student development in college:
theory, research, and practice (2nd ed.). San Francisco,
CA: Jossey-Bass.
 Horton, W. (2006). E-learning by design. San
Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.
 Lever-Duffy, J. & McDonald, J. B. (2011). Teaching and
learning with technology (4th ed). Boston: Pearson.