The growth of the e-learning industry has been massive in the last decade. With the evolution of communication and development technologies, e-learning has become cost effective and more accessible. The global e-learning market is worth 91 million dollars, with an anticipated 20% growth per annum.

While this is good news for all, the flipside of it is that organizations are often uncertain about which technology-aided learning to choose. Is it sufficient to create a technology-backed platform of learning and make it accessible to the learners? In most cases, it is not. A latest study by leading corporate strategists Roland Berger reveals that while e-learning is being adopted more widely than ever, technology-enabled training solutions should suit the corporate culture and strategies to derive positive business results.

We bring you some insider tips established from our experiences in creating e-learning solutions for diverse organizations.

The Case: A leading direct selling company in the country was facing the challenge of educating and training its sales personnel on their products and selling skills on an ongoing basis. Classroom training sessions were conducted, but as the business expanded, reaching out to the sales workforce spread out in different locations became an ordeal. At this juncture, they decided to complement classroom training with e-learning. But in spite of creating a robust infrastructure, the learning failed to take off. Investigating the root cause, the organization discovered that although the technology-aided solution managed to increase the reach of training, the structure of the learning platform and the course content was lacking. To make the training effective it had to be revamped.

•       The first step as developers was to re-design the content to make it more palatable for the diverse learner group. Considering that many of them did not have exposure to computer-led trainings, we kept the language simple but included varied strategies to strike a chord of familiarity and ease with the learners.

•       With the introduction of generic themes and real-life images, the learners were able to relate to the course content

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