Why CBT? The Pay-Off  -   Traditional Way   …Or…       A Better Way IN THE RECENT PAST, WE’VE WITNESSED numerous techn ological advances, such as the evolution of world-class manufacturing, ISO quality standards, and just-in-time inventory controls. Governmental agencies, such as OSHA, are requiring more intensive training and proof of mastery to protect the products, the people who make them, and the users of the products.

These advances require increased technical knowledge, with training that often bears a rather high price tag.

THE HIGH PRICE OF WORKPLACE TECHNOLOGY
Traditionally, instructors have used dry lectures or tired videos to deliver training in classrooms. It has been proven, however, that employees learn as little as 10 to 20 percent with this approach. Employees also avoid the embarrassment of asking questions because the instruction is designed for the infamous middle-of-the-road learner. The end-result is that companies are spending considerable training dollars on non-effective training.

We also know that results of training must be recorded and available for tracking. Training must be easily accessible, time efficient and should require minimal instructor involvement. Training must be provided at remote sites to avoid high travel costs. 

Training departments require a more efficient way of delivering high quality, verifiable learning experiences that they desperately need. It is no surprise that companies are looking at the cost and effectiveness of required training and asking for help.

Interactive learning systems have been available for over 20 years, with hundreds of programs produced to date. Leading corporate, institutional, and governmental users report the following benefits through their use of these technologies.

REDUCED COST Computer Interactive Learning
Proven by more than 30 studies, interactive training reduces learning time by 50 percent or higher. This time reduction can be attributed to a variety of factors:
 

• Self-paced instruction encourages students to take the most efficient path to personal content mastery skipping the areas of strength while investing time in areas of weakness.
  
• The combination of visual presentation with audio explanation delivers information in an easily understood format while addressing the needs of the learner.
  
• Immediate interaction and feedback provides constant, highly effective reinforcement of concepts and content. As the user trains, the program constantly measures learning through quizzes.  When it discovers a weak area, it continually reteaches until user reaches 100% mastery. 
  
• Instruction can be customized to the individual's requirements based upon their responses to the instructional material.

• Well-designed interactive courses actually reduce the learning time required while increasing learner retention.  Time can be cut be one-half or more.  And, as we all know, time is money. 

• The primary costs of interactive instruction are in program design and production, not replication, distribution and delivery.  Thus, the cost per student is reduced as more students use the same program.  With traditional instructional methods, the costs of instruction lie primarily in the delivery (i.e., teacher salaries, overhead, etc.). These costs remain constant or even increase as more students place greater demands on fixed resources. 

• Workers do not have to come in before or after their shifts to receive training. By training during the shift, as each individual's work schedule permits, overtime costs due to training are eliminated.

• Workers can take advantage of downtime to perform training during their shift.    No need to shut down an area to hold a class. 

• Since workers learn more, they are safer, work safer, and create culture of safety in the work environment for all employees. 

• Workers that have been through interactive training typically perceive a higher commitment from management about the importance of safety. They also say they prefer it to all other training methods. 

• Some even comment on how excited they are about how much they learned, and they enjoyed learning.  They even ask if more subjects could be made available in this medium. 

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 INSTRUCTIONAL CONSISTENCY - Computer-based instruction is delivered in a consistently reliable fashion that does not vary in quality from class to class or topic to topic.

INCREASED RETENTION - The process of interaction with the material provides a strong learning reinforcement that significantly increases content retention.

INCREASED MOTIVATION - Interactive systems provide a level of responsive feedback and individual involvement that has proven to be highly motivating.

The one-on-one nature of interactive systems empowers employees to take greater control and hence responsibility for their own learning process. 

INCREASING DEMAND AND DECREASING RESOURCES - These days, there is usually fewer training department personnel to train an ever-larger number of employees. In order to remain in compliance with increasing training requirements, such as OSHA, traditional training methods necessitate increasing fixed costs (instructors, facilities, materials, etc.). 

AUTOMATIC STUDENT DATA AND REPORTING - Computer-based instruction systems automate the tracking of student records, reporting of information, and the scheduling and assignment of curriculum. This eliminates the tedious process often used to enter this information into a computer program. Plus, much more data is available for analysis.

PROOF OF TRAINING - OSHA now requires proof of learning not just proof of attendance. Interactive multimedia uses a computer to deliver and administer the training and keep track of each learner’s mastery of material. Also, by having evidence that learning occurred, companies are in a stronger position, in the event of a lawsuit.

NETWORKABLE - Courses can be delivered over a network to multiple stations and administered from one station.  Courses are even deliverable over your Intranet and allow you to administer learners over your network.

OBSOLESCENCE PROTECTION - Mastery courses provide obsolescence protection from changes in computer and multimedia technology.  This is a feature that gives you an option to upgrade to newer technology courses when they become available without the cost of complete replacement.
 
 
 
 

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