{"id":4408,"date":"2017-03-27T11:39:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T11:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/?p=4408"},"modified":"2025-09-22T13:04:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T11:04:49","slug":"impact-of-elearning-corporate-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/impact-of-elearning-corporate-business\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does E-Learning Impact Corporate Training?  | FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wondering about the impact of e-learning on corporate business?<\/p>\n<h5>What is e-learning design?<\/h5>\n<p>E-learning design, which incorporates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/products\">instructional technologies<\/a> is using electronic technologies to access educational curriculum outside of a traditional classroom. It\u00a0can encompass a wide variety of online initiatives, but in most cases refers to a course, program or degree delivered entirely online.<\/p>\n<p>[bctt tweet=&#8221;41% of Fortune 500 companies use some form of technology to train their employees.&#8221; username=&#8221;getsmarter&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>To find out about the impact of e-learning design in more detail, watch this 1-minute video where Carien Aalbers, Head Tutor of the <strong>University of the Witwatersrand\u00a0Instructional Design online short course<\/strong>, takes you through its benefits.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QDxgT1Z13Ns\" width=\"1100\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>What is the impact of e-learning on corporate business?<\/h5>\n<p>E-learning can be highly beneficial in a corporate business environment for a number of reasons:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>It offers significant <strong>economies of scale<\/strong> and therefore a high return on investment from\u00a0training and development<\/li>\n<li>It is<strong> flexible<\/strong> and therefore suitable for busy working professionals. Employees can work at their own pace and\u00a0in their own working environment, adding to overall\u00a0productivity and\u00a0business efficiency<\/li>\n<li>It makes training easy to <strong>track and measure<\/strong> across the organisation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to develop e-learning design skills?<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/instructional-design-skill-set-benefit-career\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Earn an instructional design certificate<\/a> the Wits\u00a0Instructional Design online short course.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a class=\"button large postcta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TELL ME MORE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Transcription:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>E-learning just makes so much sense within a corporate environment. At a high level, corporate business benefits from elearning as it offers significant economies of scale and ultimately a high return on investment in learning and development. Training can be created once, and roll out to thousands of employees. This also ensures all employees receive a consistent message. It&#8217;s much more flexible than traditional training. Employees can learn at their own pace and within their own work environment, rather than attending all-day workshops off-site. In this way, elearning promotes accessibility in training. 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