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7 Benefits of Online Learning for Working Professionals

Whether you want to master a foreign language, earn a degree, or undergo compliance training, there have never been so many options to learn online. It's no wonder, then, that the global e-learning market is set to be worth a whopping $325 billion by 2025.

The increasing availability of online courses is especially beneficial for working professionals who want to strengthen certain skills or complete relevant industry training. Not least because they rarely have the time or energy to devote to classroom learning and face-to-face courses.

But what are some of the other benefits of online learning for you and your employees? Let's take a look!

1. Flexibility

Classroom-based courses tie you to a certain place at a certain time. If you're a busy professional, clearing enough time in your schedule to make a workforce training workshop can be a stretch even if it's nearby. If there's any traveling involved, however, you can pretty much forget it.

In contrast, it couldn't be easier to fit online courses into your schedule. Sure, you may have to jiggle your commitments around a little, but being able to learn online from anywhere at any time makes everything a lot easier to manage. And we're betting that there aren't many in-person courses you can complete in your pajamas once the kids have gone to bed!

2. Time-Saving

As well as saving you the travel time you would need to get to an in-person course, online courses tend to be more time-efficient by nature.

It makes sense when you consider how classroom courses often need to have a certain number of students to run. And more students mean more confusion, more questions, and more time wasted on activities such as settling in, reading, and so on.

When you learn online, the experience is more similar to that of a one-to-one class. Online courses allow you to set your own pace and study however and whenever suits you best. As a result, you'll be able to cover more course material in a shorter space of time than if you had to learn as a group.

3. Higher Comprehension Levels

Not everyone has the same processing speed when it comes to learning new information. No doubt you can recall times from high school or college when you waited for students to catch up with the rest of the class. Or, if you were the one who struggled to keep up, there may have been times that you pretended to understand to avoid keeping your classmates waiting.

E-learning doesn't force you to keep up with anyone or follow a set pattern or method for learning. As well as saving time, being able to go at your own pace means that you can spend longer on things you don't understand or sail through areas you do.

What's more, many e-learning platforms offer a variety of interactive tools that increase comprehension levels. For example, engaging graphic videos allow students to absorb more information and learn faster.

4. Wider Course Availability

Depending on the workforce training you need, you may have to wait for a course to become available in your area. Or you might even have to wait for a certain number of sign-ups before the class can even go ahead. Then there's the issue of locating a suitable instructor to give the class.

Since online industry training courses are a lot easier and cheaper to create, there is often a wider range of courses to choose from. Even if you're the only person in your company who needs to complete a certain course, you can still take it.

And you won't have to wait for an instructor either. If an online course is available, it's likely auto-graded or comes with instructor feedback and guidance included.

5. More Affordable

Once a workforce training body or education platform creates an online course, millions of people can then use the same materials over and over again. All you need is an internet connection and you can access the course in seconds whenever you're ready to continue studying.

In addition to lower production costs, high demand levels and ease of accessibility keep the price of online courses down. As a result, they are almost always more affordable than in-person courses.

But it's not only the courses themselves that are more affordable. The costs involved for the companies in need of workforce training are also lower. This is because online compliance training saves money by preserving productivity and reducing travel costs.

6. Energy-Efficiency

Encouraging people to drive and sometimes even fly to attend vital industry training might have been fine before online courses were a possibility. But these days, the idea of millions of people traveling to courses up and down the country seems wasteful and unnecessary.

As we become more environmentally conscious, it's clear that online learning has a much lower carbon footprint than in-person learning. Especially when you consider workforce training that involves long-distance travel, reviewing printed materials, or other less than sustainable practices.

7. Easier to Keep Up-to-Date

Online compliance training is also a lot more effective at helping you and your employees stay abreast with new regulations and requirements as and when they come into force.

A minor change in the law might mean that your entire staff has to attend a whole new in-person course. But with e-learning, course add-ons and extra online documents could be all you need to ensure that everyone is up-to-date.

What's more, there's no need to schedule new in-person compliance training every time you take on a new recruit. Instead, all you need to do is send them the necessary online course materials. This ensures a much easier and faster employee onboarding process.

Your Guide to the Benefits of Online Learning

You might have all grown up learning everything in group classes led by an instructor. It's also likely that this method of in-person tuition formed most of your industry training.

But as these benefits of online learning show, there are many reasons to consider e-learning as the future of compliance training. Not only do online courses offer tons of advantages for your employees, but they also make sense for you, your company, and even the planet!

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