{"id":2819,"date":"2017-07-18T06:44:59","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T06:44:59","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-02-29T04:06:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T04:06:17","slug":"training-value-chain-using-e-learning-improve-classroom-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capytech.com\/en\/blog\/training-value-chain-using-e-learning-improve-classroom-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"The Training Value Chain – Using E-Learning to Improve Classroom Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Training Value Chain – Using E-Learning to Improve Classroom Learning<\/span><\/h1>\n

I am, as you might expect, a vocal advocate of e-learning. However, I know there are some situations when classroom or residential components are essential. Even in these situations, e-learning can play an important role. In fact, e-learning is a significant part of the training value chain even when classroom or residential components are the main elements. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Value Chain Model<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

The value chain<\/span><\/a> was developed as a concept by the academic Michael Porter<\/span><\/a> in his 1985 book Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance. The value chain describes how businesses take resources such as raw materials, manpower, money, land, and\/or equipment and add value to them to create a product or service they then sell to customers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The training value chain describes the actions you take to add value to your training and to make the value of your training more quantifiable. This helps you measure return on investment and\/or demonstrate the success of the training to your superiors.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adding e-learning to your training activities is one of the most effective actions you can take. This includes, of course, replacing other forms of training with e-learning courses. It also involves using e-learning to augment training that is primarily delivered in a classroom or via a residential component, i.e. e-learning that is part of a blended classroom approach<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Using E-Learning to Add Value Before Classroom or Residential Training<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

There are several ways you can use e-learning in advance of an instructor-led classroom-based training session. This includes:<\/span><\/p>\n