E-Learning Platforms: The New Academy for Business Training and Education

Education for businesses, just like education in general, has undergone a dramatic transformation in the last year toward e-learning. Obviously, much of this shift was provoked by the urgent need to accommodate social distancing for health and safety bought about by the global pandemic. Meanwhile, there are more reasons why organizations are turning to online platforms, called learning management systems (LMS), to offer education and training for employees, customers, and partners. The advantages of fast and cost-effective knowledge transfer, to and from anywhere in the world, make good business sense. TechNewsWorld spoke with several experts in the field of learning management systems to get a sense for what’s happening with e-learning in the business sphere, and where it’ll be trending from here. E-Learning Now Expected “The global pandemic accelerated a shift in how we define the workplace,” Tyson Chaplin, chief learning architect for Tovuti LMS, told TechNewsWorld. “More remote employees means more opportunities to move to a blended, or asynchronous, training modality. At this point, it just makes sense for most businesses to offer online learning opportunities to their employees, or at least add them to their training toolbelt.” “In-person training is not going to go away,” he added, “but there will be a significant increase in online learning, because employees are starting to expect it — and in many cases prefer it to its classroom counterpart.”