eLearning a New Way for Saving: Guild's Survey as a Case Study

Abstract

In the early days of eLearning, there was an awful lot
of hype about expected results from eLearning initiatives. One of
the biggest was about how much money organizations could save
through eLearning. ELearning provides increased opportunities
for delivering and taking part in learning, but building and
delivering eLearning is typically not as inexpensive as we were
once promised. Here are some of the more common costs
associated with eLearning: Content development, Course design
and development, Project management processes and tools,
Authoring and multimedia development tools, Infrastructure,
including Learning Management Systems. Although, better
training may drive improved performance, many organizations
still find themselves needing to reduce the costs of designing,
building, and delivering eLearning. The main objective of this
paper is discovering how eLearning could cut down the cost for
organizations benefiting from Guild's survey.