Strategy for Learning

1. Axiom/LearningBay – Reasons for Browser-based Learning
Why integrate eLearning into Corporate Training?
Reasons for Browser-based Learning
Whether training new staff or existing employees, it is a challenge to incorporate new learning
strategies and technology into existing corporate training venues. Today, training needs have
exceeded beyond the boundaries of technical software training and now incorporates general
skills, company policies and standards. And while the demand for learning is expanding, more
roadblocks are encountered that can keep a company from establishing an effective training
solution.
Consider the following:
• Traditional classroom training takes time and large training budgets. With high turnover
rates, unforgiving schedules, difficulties conducting in-house instructor-led classes (lack
of staff or facilities) and prohibitive costs for sending employees offsite, classroom
training is no longer the best solution.
• It is also difficult to find effective instructors, training materials with consistent teaching
methodologies and contents that are easy to customize.
Today, established corporate training solutions, as well as companies looking to put a new
learning strategy in place, can integrate emerging technologies such as Axiom/LearningBay, a
web-based learning management system (LMS) which utilizes the Internet and Intranets to
conduct comprehensive and interactive employee training.
While offering numerous benefits to both employers and employees alike, LearningBay also
eliminates many of the roadblocks perpetuated by current training models. Here are a few
reasons for integrating LearningBay into any corporate training strategy:
Benefits for Managers
Employers are constantly looking for ways to overcome the roadblocks listed above. Here are a
few benefits to online learning that employers can experience:
• Reduce expensive off-site training costs – LearningBay eliminates the cost of travel,
meals and hotels often ignored when arranging offsite classroom training.
• Keep staff onsite and productive – When employees are offsite, companies lose
production time. For example, a two day instructor-led class requires an employee to be
out 16 hours, not counting the actual travel time. Send four employees to an offsite
location and a company loses a combined 64 hours. LearningBay keeps the staff at the
office and always works around schedules and availability.
• Track and evaluate training – LearningBay assigns training modules to groups and then
follows student progress, which can be exported to a spreadsheet and sent to any
Human Resource system.
• Incorporate with other training venues - LearningBay can be blended with other
existing training venues to ensure employees achieve an in-depth and comprehensive
understanding of the materials and reinforce best practices company-wide.
• Expand training offering – LearningBay has the most extensive engineering libraries of
online learning in the world with online modules for MicroStation V7, V8, XM and V8i,
GEOPAK Road, Site, Survey, Drainage and Criteria, PowerCivil and InRoads XM.
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2. Axiom/LearningBay – Reasons for Browser-based Learning
• Build your own training – LearningBay offers authoring capabilities by capturing
company-specific materials and using simple editors such as Microsoft’s Notepad and
Paintbrush to create media-rich browser-based courses.
Benefits for Employees
LearningBay has really expanded to incorporate more than just digital instructional pages or
PowerPoint presentations on the web. Here are a few benefits to online learning that employees
can experience:
• Access courses any time, any where – LearningBay courses require a web browser
and an Internet connection. This means employees can go through online materials any
time, whether from work, home, while traveling or offsite at another office.
• Engage the employee – LearningBay materials include narrated text, labeled technical
illustrations, expansive glossary pages, sample design files, step-by-step labs and
instructional videos. The adult learner requires variety and in-depth materials that
provides diversity when presenting complex lessons, precisely what LearningBay
delivers.
• Learn as needed – LearningBay allows employees to progress through course materials
at their own pace. And because courses are small and modular, staff can either start
online courses sequentially or begin with subjects where help is needed right now.
• Increase retention rates – LearningBay offers media-rich online courses, complete with
full-text searches. The materials initially used to train employees doubles as reference
documents with unlimited access, ready to refresh memories or simply to retrain staff
selectively on specific topics without having to start from the beginning.
• Remain employed – LearningBay provides a way to maintain a balance between
workloads and training schedules, promoting a “life-long” learning experience. Studies
show that employees tend to stay with a company when they are properly trained.
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