1. LEARNING ON THE INTERNET

2. Activating the Internet Topics  What are the benefits?  How do I ensure it’s good ELearning?  How do I ensure it succeeds?  How do I show it’s succeeding?  Summary

3. Activating the Internet ELearning - the benefits  Real time response to student progress  Cheaper to run courses, once developed  Can employ all of the senses  Flexibility of when and how to take the course  Easier to keep courses up to date  Ongoing access to course after completion is possible

4. Activating the Internet Realtime Response to Progress  If student gets a question wrong, student can be sent to a page to relearn that topic  If student gets a great score, a section can be skipped  Student and Course provider get realistic up to date information on progress so that they can react accordingly

5. Activating the Internet Cheaper to Run Courses  About the same cost to Create a Course  Once created, a lot cheaper to run course time and time again  No travel/hotel/lunch costs  No paper costs  No room hire costs  Tuition costs are less too per student

6. Activating the Internet Employ All Of The Senses  ELearning can stimulate the learning responses of all senses  Appealing graphics and text  Sound (audio)  Video  Multimedia (Flash)  Interaction with the subject matter  People remember 10% of what they read  People remember 50% of what they hear and see  People remember more if they DO it too! (Simulations)

7. Activating the Internet Flexibility of When/How  The student in an Elearning situation can choose when and how to learn  Especially useful for those with family or work commitments  Convenience of being able to take course at work/at home/elsewhere  Can learn on a PC, PDA, laptop etc  Students all over the world can take same course in different timezones  Student can work at own pace

8. Activating the Internet Keep Courses Up To Date  Easier to keep courses up to date  Latest news/world events can be incorporated easily  Less costly to update too  Only one copy of the course needs to be updated – not binders and manuals, books etc.

9. Activating the Internet Ongoing Access  Elearning students can be given ongoing access to course materials  Such access can help the student to refresh his/her memory  Tools for decision-making and general skills can be reused again and again after the course has been completed  Especially useful for language courses – to refresh the student’s memory of grammar or vocabulary

10. Activating the Internet How to Ensure its Good?  Select a good LMS/delivery mechanism  Standardize on ONE LMS/mechanism  Initial experience is important  Dropout rates are high on initial use  Interactive classes/chats  Access to tutor is important  Incentives to attend classes are key

11. Activating the Internet How To Ensure It Is Good?  Carrot and Stick approach  Make course appealing and stimulating  Elicit positive emotions in student  Ensure that the student feels ‘pain’ if they don’t pass/take the course  Examples  Offer certificate if student passes  Offer free ‘loss leader’ sections/courses  No promotion / payrise if they don’t pass  Rank students publicly

12. Activating the Internet How To Ensure It’s Good?  Select appropriate medium/type  Simulations  Games  Interactive  Live online webinars/events  Virtual classrooms

13. Activating the Internet How To Show Its Succeeding?  Report on progress  Requires a good LMS with tracking/reporting  Requires tests/exams within the course  Elearning audits/surveys  Link success to key business drivers  Sales figures  Software quality measures  Costs of running courses

14. Activating the Internet Summary  There are key benefits of Elearning over traditional methods  The key is to select the correct delivery mechanism/type of ELearning for the subject  Motivate ELearners using the Carrot and Stick approach  Show that ELearning is succeeding in terms of Key Business Drivers