HRM09102: What is Different Between Digital Learning and E-learning, Benefits and Barriers of using this Approach of Learning: Human Resource Development Essay, ENU, Singapore

Digital and e-learning

1. How viable is e-learning as an approach to workplace learning? Discuss the benefits and barriers of using this approach to learning.

Sample Question: What is different between Digital Learning and E-learning, benefits and barriers of using this approach of learning

This is the outline of the e-learning essay.

• Provide a range of definitions of e-learning to highlight its complex and multidimensional nature (e.g. CIPD, 2008; Holmes and Gardner, 2006; Solman 2001).
• Highlight some of the key differences between e-learning and conventional learning (Gibb, 2002).
• Discuss the benefits of (e.g. cost-effectiveness, Spatio-temporal flexibility, self-paced and self-directed learning)
• Discuss the barriers to e-learning (e.g. limitations of IT infrastructure, poor assistive interfaces, hidden costs) (Honey, 2001; Nisar, 2002).
• Better students will consider the CSFs of e-learning (e.g. the need for workplace culture and leadership that facilitate and reward e-learning, the need for a clear instructional strategy) with reference to case examples (such as BP, BBC Online, Whitbread) discussed in class (Harrison, 2005; Pollitt, 2008).