There's no comparison! Review the matrix below to see how e-Learning
is the real customer-driven training.
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e-LEARNING |
INSTRUCTOR-LED TRAINING |
| AVAILABILITY |
Year-round access. |
One-time class. |
| 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. |
Must be scheduled. |
| Convenient for student. |
Scheduling conflicts and inconvenience. |
| COST |
Inexpensive. |
Expensive. |
| No travel expenses. |
Travel expenses, including airfare,
meals, lodging, parking, and mileage. |
| Time savings for student. |
Lost time away from office. |
| EFFECTIVENESS |
Ideally paced; students can take courses at
own speed. |
Student pushed through course in specific timeframe.
Not self-paced. |
| Focus on and learn what is important
to student and skip unnecessary information. |
All students taught all information
and at same level as rest of class. |
| Consistent from student to student. |
Different trainers have different approaches
and varying quality. |
| Long-term retention enhanced by
taking courses in 20-30 minute segments over a number of days. |
Day- and week-long training not
easily retained. |
| Students have access to courses
anytime for a refresher. |
Student must review workbook, if
available. |
| Can be used as a complement to ILT
(as a prerequisite or in follow-up workshops). |
N/A |
| ADMINISTRATION |
Can track progress, launch courses,
and measure learning effectiveness. |
Must be done manually. |
| Can be made easily available on the students'
workstation (with Internet access) or through Internet access at
home. |
Must be done manually. |
| COURSE UPDATE |
Every 3 months to always meet exams
requirements. Always in keep with technology advances. New update
are automatically available and Free |
Not always up-to-date and learners
have to do their own research to stay current |
| COURSE CONCEPT SIMULATIONS |
Hands-on task-based simulations.
It may seem like you're in a different application, but you'll be
safe within the bounds of the course. |
Usually not available. You finish
your studies before learning how to practice |
| LIVE MENTOR SUPPORT |
Instant Support with Real Live experienced
Experts 24 hours 7 days a week. Click here
for details |
Must be at specific times though
not always reliable |
| BOOKS TO BUY |
NONE. Courses are live. Learn live
or print entire course in plain text, cut or copy and paste, take
note any part of the course |
Expensive books which become out
of date as technology advances. Clutter |
| EXERCISES, SCORES |
Course summary and exercises. Automatic
markings. All incorrect and corrects answers are explained |
Delayed, tutor usually take his
time and might not point out all your mistakes |
| CERTIFICATE ON COMPLETION |
Earn it and print it by scoring
70% and above on any course |
Could take sometime to arrive |
| CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS |
Study any course with us and earn
Continuing Education Units from approved colleges and universities.
Learn more |
none |