E-learning, or electronic learning, refers to instruction delivered via the internet or other electronic methods. It allows employees to learn new skills or about products from anywhere at any time. E-learning benefits companies by improving employees' work skills and ability to sell products. While e-learning solutions can be expensive to develop, companies with small budgets can rent existing courseware or use free learning management platforms to provide e-learning to their employees in a cost-effective manner.

1. About e-learning Ready….Go!

2. What is e-learning? E-learning (electronic learning) is a term covering a wide set of applications and processes, such as Web-based learning, computer-based learning, virtual classrooms, and digital collaboration. It includes the delivery of content mainly via Internet, but also can be via intranet/extranet (LAN/WAN), audio- and videotape, satellite broadcast, interactive TV, CD-ROM, and more.

3. How can the company benefit from e-learning? without traveling to class at their convenience based on their learning styles: Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic & Tactile.

4. E-Learning as a Business Tool you teach C++ because your employees need it to improve their work skills teaching negotiation skills your employees improves your company’s customer support learning about the new product helps your employees to sell your company’s product better.

5. Company with a Small Budget and e-Learning E-learning doesn't always require a large budget. If you have a small budget, you should look at "renting" or "leasing" entire e-learning solution instead of building one. Or you might consider "renting" a part of your e-learning solution and building only part of it. There are many learning vendors who have e-learning courseware available from their web sites. You can contact one of them to deliver e-learning course to your employees. There are different ways to deliver e-learning inexpensive way. You can use a free learning management system as Schoology or Google Apps for education.

6. How many students are learning online? Over 5.6 million students were taking at least one online course during the fall 2009 term; Nearly thirty percent of higher education students now take at least one course online.

7. What is the Impact of the Economy on Online Education? The bad economic times can be good for higher education enrollments The decreased availability of good jobs encourages more people to seek education Employed individuals seek to improve their chances for advancement by advancing their education. The economic impact on institutional budgets has been mixed: 47% have seen their budgets decrease, but 27% have experienced an increase.