e-Learning and Competence Assurance
So what is e-Learning?
Wikipedia defines e-Learning as:-
e-learning is essentially the computer and network-enabled transfer of skills and knowledge. e-learning applications and processes include Web-based learning, computer-based learning, virtual classroom opportunities and digital collaboration. Content is delivered via the Internet, intranet/extranet, audio or video tape, satellite TV, and CD-ROM. It can be self-paced or instructor-led and includes media in the form of text, image, animation, streaming video and audio.
Why choose e-learning?
"Corporations save between 50-70% when replacing instructor-led training with electronic content delivery. Options for e-Training also mean that courses can be paired into shorter sessions and spread out over several days or weeks so that the business would not lose an employee for entire days at a time." - www.trainingmag.com
For many years, traditional instructor led courses were the main means of delivering training to the construction and safety critical industries. However, organising this type of training has become more and more difficult and expensive as industry and HSE requirements rapidly change and training budgets are stretched. The disadvantages of traditional training methods becomes even more evident when an organisation has employees and sub-contractors that are geographically dispersed, with varying skill sets and HSE training backgrounds.
e-Learning has thus rapidly become an attractive and cost effective option for safety critical industries. It both augments traditional training methods, whilst also providing a viable stand alone alternative and has become the preferred mode of learning and teaching by many organisations.
Some of the key benefits of e-Learning are detailed in the table below.
Benefits of e-learning
| Improved Logistics | e-Learning provides learning on demand and removes the requirement to organise classes and full time trainers or instructors. |
| Available at any Time | 24x7x365 availability ensures that learning, training and assessment can be conducted at a time that suits the company and the individual. |
| Available at any Location | e-Learning can be made available anywhere; at the workplace, a managed learning centre, onsite, offshore, in the office or at home. |
| Representation and Presentation of Complex Information | Innovative techniques can be used to provide visualisation and simulation, which can enhance the learning experience and this has been found to be particularly useful where the learner has no physical access to the plant or equipment. |
| Consistent | e-Learning ensures that a consistent message is transferred every time, independent of location or method of deployment. |
| Interactive | Learners are required to continually interact with the e-Learning course, which helps to ensure the effective engagement of the learner. |
| Self Paced Learning | Different people like to learn at different speeds. e-Learning allows complete flexibility and the pace can be set entirely by the learner. |
| Performance Tracking and Record Keeping | Records on learner performance, course statistics and competency results are automatically generated, marked and stored in a database hence reducing the manpower typically associated with assessment marking and record keeping. |
| Sustainable & Cost Effective | With the knowledge captured in electronic format, e-Learning becomes a sustainable resource, which can be used for years to come; typical return on initial investment can be achieved within 2 years. It has also been proven by independent surveys that retention rates can be increased by the effective use of e-Learning. |
| Automatic Remediation | Techniques are integrated within the e-Learning package, which provide intelligent adaptive remediation in response to learner interactions. |
The ScreenSafe UK Advantage
We've partnered with the industry leader in HSE and technical learning solutions and winner at e-Learning awards 2010, Atlas Interactive, to deliver innovative e-Learning courses.
We'll work with you to transform your business and provide a competitive advantage through cost effective and innovative training and learning outcomes, which improves your business efficiency and employee effectiveness, whilst protecting your people, assets and corporate reputation
Our learning products and services will enhance your workforce skills competency and actively reduce your health, safety and environmental risks.
We make a difference due to our in-depth knowledge of safety critical industries, our innovative learning and development techniques and our deep understanding of the technical, compliance and safety imperatives that impact the day-to-day activities of our clients.
Partnering with ScreenSafe UK and Atlas Interactive enables you to:
- Improve your business efficiency and employee performance, whilst reducing training costs and down time compared to traditional classroom learning
- Fulfil your learning, compliance and corporate governance goals, using our UNIFY LMS systems, scalable from small business units, to thousands of employees, spread across multiple geographies
- Engaging and industry relevant content, using the latest interactive media that accelerates learning and retention
- Increase employee productivity, allowing your teams to have greater flexibility to complete their training to their own schedules, across multiple work sites and languages and ensuring that the take up of training is fully optimised
- Chose from a range of technology deployment solutions, utilising our proven UNIFY LMS platform, to ensure that learning objectives are achieved, regardless of the level of IT literacy and skill sets and internet connectivity
- Peace of mind that all our courses are supported by an experienced customer service team, available 24/7
- We can even provide "lessons learned" e-Learning packages. This is where we re-construct situations leading up to and during an accident or incident using animation and 3D graphic techniques. By educating existing and new employees of such lessons learned, can hugely prevent re-occurrences and also satisfy compliance with the H.S.E. or similar.
E-Learning Management System (LMS)
The ScreenSafe UK LMS offers a cost effective solution for results tracking and management to customers requiring to run ScreenSafe UK e-Learning courses over the Internet or corporate Intranet.
The LMS incorporates the features required for registering, launching, tracking and reporting e-Learning content and provides a clear and easy-to-use interface both for the candidates sitting the course and for the training
Please contact us for more information on how we can assist your organisation and how we can add real value to your processes.
