Advantages of e-learning:

More and more companies - whether large or small - are (inevitably) recognizing the need to engage in digital training. This is because e-learning is becoming increasingly important for many reasons. In this article, you can find out what advantages e-learning offers companies and why it is so suitable for knowledge transfer.

Advantages of e-learning – 11 benefits

1. Cost savings

Decentrally organized companies with distributed locations or companies with many employees in particular can save time and costs through e-learning. Although initial investments are of course required for the development of digital learning content, in many cases this quickly pays for itself, as the costs incurred for pure classroom training are eliminated. For example, travel costs and costs for trainers and seminar rooms are reduced. There are also indirect savings due to the significantly reduced travel and absence times of employees.

2. As many learners as you like

E-learning is very easy to scale: once developed, learning material or digital learning content can easily be made available to a large number of employees - and: the more learners, the more e-learning pays off.

3. Target group and needs-based learning content

The need for information - for example in product training - is often different for different target groups. With e-learning, course content can be made available to specific target groups so that each learner gets to see exactly the content that is relevant to them. This works with a Learning Management System (LMS), an e-learning platform in which all learning content is made available and distributed to specific target groups.

4. Individual learning pace

Learners can organize their learning pace as they wish - according to their individual possibilities and circumstances. In this way, learners are neither over- nor underchallenged, and learning success increases.

5. Standardized quality

In face-to-face training, the quality of the training depends heavily on the trainer, among other things. In contrast, the quality of e-learning training varies little, but a consistent - ideally high - quality is guaranteed.

6. Update

Another advantage of e-learning: Once e-learning content has been created, it can be easily updated. Imagine a compliance training course where only one small rule changes. With online training, the corresponding course content is adapted and simply replaced in the LMS.^** Learners receive a notification that they should refresh the training again. Without e-learning, a new face-to-face training session would have to take place, which would involve significantly more effort and costs.

7. Interactivity

Various types of interaction can be incorporated into e-learning training courses. For example, the learning success can be checked with quizzes. This promotes motivation and increases learning success - as we have proven in a scientific study on interactivity in videos.

8. Multilingualism

International companies in particular need training in several languages. E-learning training courses can be created with the same content and in the same quality in different languages. And at a lower cost than traditional training courses, which usually have to be organized in different languages by different trainers and at different locations.

9. Integration of different learning types and forms

Everyone learns differently and prefers different learning formats. In order to get the most out of this didactic approach, it is important to find the right mix. Different learning formats can be integrated and combined in e-learning courses - whether text, images, podcasts, videos or interactive modules. This appeals to different types of learners and at the same time the variety of formats and methods makes learning more fun.

We offer various Learning content that are didactically sound and ensure lasting learning success: from learning nuggets and interactive explainer videos to entire Learning journeys.

10. Reporting and certification

E-learning offers a wide range of reporting options and makes learning progress measurable. With an LMS, for example, the company can see at the touch of a button whether learners have completed, understood and, at best, internalized the content. Learners receive a certificate as proof of the training they have completed - which contributes to motivation and is relevant for their future career.

11. Independence of time and place

Last but not least, and this applies then as now: e-learning offers the greatest possible flexibility. Learners are independent of fixed dates and locations, but can learn when and where they want - whether in the Home-Office, on the desktop at work or on their smartphone on the way to work. This increases efficiency: e-learning reduces the time required compared to traditional training by as much as 40-60% (source: shiftelearning.com)

Conclusion: e-learning pays off

E-learning offers numerous benefits and is worthwhile for companies and learners. Are you thinking about introducing e-learning in your company? It is important that the right infrastructure is in place. A Learning Management System is used to support the learning processes in a company. Among other things, an LMS is used to provide learning content and manage learner user data.

Learning content must also be designed and created. You need to ask yourself what you want to create in-house and what you want to outsource to an e-learning provider. With more than 10,000 successfully completed content projects, we are one of the leading e-learning content providers.

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