Monday, October 21, 2013
ARE EMPLOYEES GETTING THE MOST OUT OF eTRAINING?
For most companies, e-Training lowers the cost of training new hires and existing employees. Before e-Training, a company might have to shut down a manufacturing plant in order to train workers on new processes and procedures. Nowadays, due to the flexible and ubiquitous nature of e-Training, employees can be trained without having to resort to such measures. I personally think that for some companies though, e-Training is causing them to not provide as much training as required. For example, I have an e-Training session coming up with the company that I work for. I currently take calls for two major wireless companies and the training will allow me to be able to handle three other lines of business. When I first started working for the company, I received about 3 weeks worth of training but now I will only get 2 days of training to learn about the other businesses. This is far from adequate and I think that had it not been for current e-Training methods, I probably would have received more training in a brick and mortar setting. So with the many benefits of e-Training, are companies making sure that employees are getting the most out of it?
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I agree with you, but I do think that eLearning can be beneficial. I worked in a restaurant that began our training with eLearning then ended with hands on training. I thought this was a great balance so that I could learn the basics and history on the company. I do agree that just eLearning is not as beneficial as hands on learning, but it does save time and resources in the beginning. If company's resort to only eLearning, I do believe production will be less effective and efficient.
ReplyDeleteI agree that eLearning is cost-efficient and beneficial, but depending on the job description, some hands on training should be provided. I don't think eLearning should completely replace all types of training unless the company has appropriate and easy to understand information available for the employees to utilize and learn without needing guidance.
ReplyDeleteI agree with LiLisee Thao above. eTraining can be implemented for training a new hire, but only to a certain extent. It is important for people to keep in mind while training, that different people have different ways of learning. For me, I am a hands on/visual learner. Therefore, I like to use the eTraining but I also like to practice hands on before I feel comfortable with something.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first started my internship, I had a coworker train my on Oracle11i. I did not find it beneficial for him to talk to whole process through to me. I would have much preferred a hands on experience.
If the eTraining and eLearning has practice situations and hands on situations, then I believe it can be beneficial. Employers should ask a new hire how they learn best, and take the appropriate course of action from their response.
I believe that for most companies, the decision on what training method to use is primarily based on cost and their bottom line. However as Kelsey pointed out, I think it will be extremely beneficial for companies to also take into consideration the learning styles of their employees and new hires and weigh in their input. Nowadays, it seems the employees end up learning on the job concepts that should have been taught in training. I believe this could be avoided if the training method used is geared towards the individual employee. This might cost the company more initially but could potentially be a trade off for having workers who aren't well trained and the cost incurred as a result.
ReplyDeleteI much prefer eTraining over a traditional 1000 booklet classroom. After the 4th hour I'm not really retaining any type of information, no matter how interesting or relevant to my job. I disagree, I think eTraining is the way to go but I think I'm just scarred from my personal experience lol
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