E-Learning Makes Way For Webcast And Webinar Technology To Flourish

The economic crisis that started in 2007 caused a ripple effect to all organization all over the world. The waves of the crisis have changed the way companies train their people for good. 

In order to cut costs but also increase efficiency of its workforce creative ways of delivering learning was discovered and this could be one of the many good things the crisis have taught organization in a global scale.

More than a third of programs for training were delivered electronically in 2009. Internet based training have thrived mainly because of its low costs. In 2008 training programs that were channeled electronically was at 23% but in 2009 that went up by 5%. The trend is seen to go up even higher as companies are seeing the advantages of online learning for their employees. The 2010 State of the Industry Report by the Society for Training and Development saw that 37% of training hours were facilitated through electronic means.

A webinar is a new word that simply means a conference involving two or more people in separate locations that use the internet as platform to make streaming of video, images, audio and other learning components possible.
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Source: NewsFormatics.com