History of training in recent years

In 1970, pretty much everybody who was trained for anything expected to be in one job for his or her entire life. In the vast majority, those people were trained using traditional classroom methods. There were no computers. Everybody has such short memories. Computers are a recent event. PC's were not even invented until the mid 80's??????

In 2000 (a mere 30 years later), pretty much everybody who is being trained can expect to live their lives knowing that they will train for new jobs all their life.

We all know this but we refuse to change how people are trained. How can you train the many more people who demand Technology in the classroom with the same group of people who still have no idea what is required?

Save money

The major costs in training are staff and infrastructure. Some of the work need not be done in classrooms or taught by teachers. The amount of this work is variable depending on the subject area being taught or trained. There are many excellent examples of how to save money using E-Learning if certain things are implemented.

Make Money

The average margin in training for organisations is very low. In fact, most of the big ones rely heavily on government funding to exist. There is nothing wrong with that. Taxes should be used to pay for education and training. But the need to make money out of training, even within government organisations, is becoming more and more widespread. There are plenty of examples of profit margins using E-Learning that exceed 50%. It is a great way to make money.

Expand your business

Using traditional methods, the size of your business depends on how well you market within your geographic limits and how many hours of productivity you can achieve from the staff you have in your organisation. If you could get to more students without changing your staff numbers or your infrastructure, what would that mean to your business??