E-learning in the post-Covid-19 era

E-Learning and Post Covid-19 era

For days now we have been living an unprecedented everyday life that will change a lot and will determine the course of countless things. Many will become more difficult and more will now become easier. In this sea of ​​changes, the E-Learning revolution will come, simply because it will be imperative.

Businesses will be asked to find ways to adapt to the new reality, where the digital and physical nature of everything will now be one.

Adaptation will first require changing the culture and skills of the company's people, and the only way to scale training in a business is by introducing E-Learning, (synchronous and asynchronous).

What is E-Learning?

Provided "E-Learning – Electronic Learning” we mean a new way of learning different from attending traditional classes in a classroom. It is a learning/training methodology that uses a comprehensive set of technology tools for distance learning.

There are 3 main tools:

• E-Learning Platform: it is a platform with asynchronous lessons so you can learn autonomously at the time you prefer and at your own pace and the repetitions you need.
• Webinar: it is an online course, where the interaction is usually limited to the written questions of the participants to the instructor.
• Virtual Classroom: It is about the transfer of the traditional classroom to the digital world, where participants have the opportunity to electronically "raise" their hands and interact in real time.

The E-Learning revolution in business training

Many hopes and many expectations are focused on e-learning, as it is one of the areas of ICT (Information Communication Technologies – ICT ) with the highest growth margins, where huge investments have already been made.

The Internet and the World Wide Web are now effective and secure means of distribution educational material and the delivery of courses, as well as to take advantage of the great possibilities of interaction and collaboration, without the need for the physical presence of the participants.

E-learning will revolutionize the way businesses train their staff, especially after the last pandemic, which will result in an even wider gap between the need for training (reskilling & upskilling) and the reduction of available financial resources.

E-learning as a strategic tool

Employees will be asked to massively learn to use new tools and new methodologies in the context of the implementation of new business decisions, which will require reskilling in both soft and hard skills.

This imperative appears at the moment when business liquidity has suffered a significant blow, while at the same time the need for an economical and effective solution for reskilling it is not negotiable.

When the approach to e-learning is done with respect for quality and responsibility for efficiency, it can only be one of the smartest tools for both “Covid-19 Business Recovery Plan” as well as for Business Growth Strategy.

Conclusion

In the same way that while for years electronic media were excommunicated as obstacles to human contact and finally in the current period they proved to be a lifeline, in the same way electronic education will gain its rightful place.

The future promises to be full challenges and therefore full chances to overturn the market map.

Any business that comes out of this period with the most in its quiver smart strategic tools, is sure to build the teams and business models that they will dominate in the next phase.