importance of digital learning

This is all about learning over the internet.  Due to the advancement of technology studying has been so easy compared to the time when technology was so light.  This is because students are walking with information on their finger tips and can be able to read different materials at ones and make comparison.  Also in an organization management can use internet to see what are the strategies used by their competitors and imitate the affordable ones.

Digital learning Supports the Organization’s Goals

Improved training costs.  Producing learning content is time consuming whether it’s online or not.  With digital learning, each time the course is accessed your return on investment improves because you are dividing the fixed production costs by number of uses

Decreased material costs.  Let’s say you have to train how to arrange equipment in a sterile environment like an operating room.  If you had to use the real environment, it would be costly.  Even setting up a fake environment has material costs and labour.  By creating the environment online and letting the learner practice, you never have to worry about the costs associated with set up, use, and clean up.

Increased productivity.  Because digital learning is not bound by geography or time, you can control training’s impact on production by training people during down times.  In addition, with the current economy, you’re asking people to do more with less.  So digital learning is a great way to give them the tools and skills needed to enhance their performance.

Digital learning Supports the Learner’s Development

Real-time access.  Live learning events require that those who participate align their schedules to the training calendar. Digital learning eliminates this because the course can be accessed anytime, anywhere.  This can also happen without Internet access.  I saw a Red Cross demo where the learners accessed the content on a PC out in the field and uploaded their results when they were back online.

Improved retention.  The combination of multimedia and instructional design can produce a very rich learning experience that is repeatable.  Throw in some good practice activities with feedback and you have a learning environment that’s going to help your learners retain the course content which will produce results.

Personalized learning.  Look out the window at your parking lot.  My guess is that you’ll see a dozen or more different cars.  They all do the same thing, yet we have personal opinions about what we want to drive.  The same for learning.  

  By Mbogo Tausi

   BAPRM 42611