Abstract

An exploratory study of 954 mostly veteran workplace learning professionals sought to determine why respondents adopt e-learning. The results indicated that they see e-learning was most valuable for delivering instruction governing familiar company tasks, such as providing information about products, fulfilling compliance requirements, and securing standardization. While the results were largely predicted by the investigators, respondents offered one surprising conclusion. Respondents believe that e-learning is useful in capturing and sharing best practices. They concluded that technology-mediated learning is less capable of providing instruction in tackling murky challenges, such as teaming, cultural understanding and passion for the work. (Contains 4 tables.)

Citation

Rossett, A. & Marshall, J. (2010). What Corporate Training Professionals Think About e-Learning: Practitioners' Views on the Potential of e-Learning in the Workplace. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 14(2), 19-27. Retrieved April 1, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/53546/.

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Keywords

• best practices
• Computer Assisted Instruction
• corporate education
• cultural awareness
• electronic learning
• Instructional Effectiveness
• Professional Personnel
• staff development
• Surveys
• Trainers
• Training Methods
• Web Based Instruction
• workplace learning