Why Use Web-Based Training?
Even though it has been around for many years, web based training is still considered a new and relatively misunderstood way of training employees. While we are all aware that there are significant benefits to live training, web-based training has distinct advantages of its own:
Privacy
Subjects like harassment are often very private. Those who might benefit the most from training often disengage if they are forced to take the training in the presence of others. In many cases, they will find reasons to avoid the training altogether. With a web-based system, information can be transferred at the individual’s pace and reviewed, as desired, in their own private sessions. If required, the user can be directed to a subject matter expert in the organization if he/she need one-on-one interaction. This allows the trainee to learn about important subjects in the privacy of their own offices or homes.
Size of Trainings
Sometimes, you may only have a small number of people who need training. Hiring a live trainer is not usually cost effective in these situations. On the other hand, if sessions are too large (often greater than 15), it is difficult to engage and involve everyone. Thus, true knowledge transfer is less definite. In fact, the courts have frowned on “auditorium level” trainings as they may not provide reasonable care to ensure that each person understands his/her rights and responsibilities.
Time
Organizing everyone in an organization to come together at a specific time and place can be very difficult. Different people have different schedules and they may conflict. With web-based training, employees can take trainings at their own pace when they have free time. This results in more people taking the training, and more people absorbing the knowledge presented.
Assessments
Providing a system which includes personalized assessments and review based upon results goes further than a live training to ensure that key legal points were learned.
Proving what was taught at a particular live training is difficult. Even the most experienced facilitator may miss some key learning points if the training takes him/her in a different direction. Within a web-based system, an administrator and a court can verify first hand what was taught and how that individual did in answering the assessment questions. Further, our system provides amplifying information based upon the assessment results while the training is taking place. This real-time adjustment to the needs or difficulties of each particular trainee cannot easily be achieved with multiple people attending a live training.
A web-based system allows administrators to track who took a training and even sends out reports to show who needs to take refresher trainings.