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Four Successful Ways to Establish a Successful e-Learning Training Program

These steps will help develop a culture favorable to e-Learning, and improve the return on your training investment:

Get executive management involvement.

Involve all executives in the training process. Stress the importance of training to their staff. Incorporate training into objectives. Invite participation by taking courses, and involve students by recognizing achievement and presenting awards to those who complete certain courses or study. Remember, the attitude and commitment upper management demonstrates toward a training program will strongly influence the entire organization.

Relate training to goals, establish requirements for employees, and hold them accountable to a personalized training plan.

To make e-Learning work within your organization, relate training to the goals of the organization, such as project goals and employee career goals. Work with each employee to formulate a personal development program incorporating the courses. Track employee progress in meeting training objectives using the Web Manager Package.

Promotion

Create ads for the courses on the company bulletin board, in your newsletter, or even on company memos. Create brochures and course lists so employees know what is available to them. Host an open house or seminar to launch the training. Offer refreshments and prizes while demonstrating how to access and use the new e-Learning courses. Provide incentives to try out the new program. Have an executive speak at the open house to emphasize the importance of the training initiative.

Recognition

Recognize employees for training accomplishments with a certificate, rotating trophy, or training contest incentives (perhaps gift certificates or prizes for the first person or group to successfully complete an e-Learning course). Relate the success stories in the company newsletter or at staff meetings.

The most important thing to remember? Training is an ongoing process in a learning organization, not a one-time event. These steps must be implemented continually to create a successful ongoing e-Learning program!