E-Learning

Why Invest in E-Learning?

Like no other training form, e-learning promises to provide a single experience that accommodates the three distinct learning styles of auditory learners, visual learners, and kinesthetic learners. Other unique opportunities created by the advent and development of e-learning are more efficient training of a globally dispersed audience; and reduced publishing and distribution costs as Web-based training becomes a standard.

E-learning also offers individualised instruction, which print media cannot provide, and instructor-led courses allow clumsily and at great cost. In conjunction with assessing needs, e-learning can target specific needs. And by using learning style tests, e-learning can locate and target individual learning preferences.

Additionally, synchronous e-learning is self-paced. Advanced learners are allowed to speed through or bypass instruction that is redundant while novices slow their own progress through content, eliminating frustration with themselves, their fellow learners, and the course.

In these ways, e-learning is inclusive of a maximum number of participants with a maximum range of learning styles, preferences, and needs.

Advantages of E-Learning to the Trainer or Organisation

Some of the most outstanding advantages to the trainer or organisation are:

Reduced overall cost is the single most influential factor in adopting e-learning. The elimination of costs associated with instructor's salaries, meeting room rentals, and student travel, lodging, and meals are directly quantifiable. The reduction of time spent away from the job by employees may be the most positive offshoot.
Learning times reduced, an average of 40 to 60 percent, as found by Brandon Hall (Web-based Training Cookbook, 1997, p. 108).
Increased retention and application to the job averages an increase of 25 percent over traditional methods, according to an independent study by J.D. Fletcher (Multimedia Review, Spring 1991, pp.33-42).
Consistent delivery of content is possible with asynchronous, self-paced e-learning.
Expert knowledge is communicated, but more importantly captured, with good e-learning and knowledge management systems.
Proof of completion and certification, essential elements of training initiatives, can be automated.

Advantages to the Learner

Along with the increased retention, reduced learning time, and other aforementioned benefits to students, particular advantages of e-learning include:

On-demand availability enables students to complete training conveniently at off-hours or from home.
Self-pacing for slow or quick learners reduces stress and increases satisfaction.
Interactivity engages users, pushing them rather than pulling them through training.
Confidence that refresher or quick reference materials are available reduces burden of responsibility of mastery.

Zombie Design is dedicated to providing engaging and cost effective elearning solutions that are flexible and easily updated. Client list:

BAE Systems
Open University
HBOS
Barclay's Bank
The Department of Health (e-LfH)
Standard Life
The Fire Service College
Tesco
BT

Covering area as diverse as:

Broadband Capability, Data Protection, Health and Safety, Manual Handling, Stress and Welfare, Communication, Financial Crime and Physical Security.

A recent project created for BAE Systems has been nominated for a Chairmans Award, which is an internal acknowledgement for providing a solution that was 'above and beyond' the required brief. Zombie Design have also been involved with the e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH) project which is the largest e-learning project ever undertaken; an award winning e-learning programme providing national, quality assured online training content for the healthcare profession.

In addition to 'traditional' elearning Zombie Design are fully versed in the developing medium that is mLearning. Smart phones have introduced a completely new genre of applications. These applications make use of some new and unique features of Phones like a large multi-touch screen, accelerometer, Wi-Fi connectivity, GPS and App Store Infrastructure etc.

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How We Work

To create customised, online training systems, Zombie Design sets up project teams consisting of professionals in their field of expertise. All members of the team are involved in the conceptual phase of the project and contribute the technical aspects that will be contained in the functional specifications.

Zombie Design is focussed on performance, rather than process for its own sake. Performance in this sense means delivering the highest quality possible given the constraints of the schedule and budget. We define quality as the degree to which the attributes of a product or service enable it to perform its intended purpose.

Products and services have attributes by virtue of the activities people undertake to deliver the product or service. To control quality therefore, means controlling activity through careful selection of staff, process definition, process measurement, process improvement and training. Given that there is no raw material associated with the production of software; people, process and training become the most important factors in determining software product and service quality.

The development process is divided into five clear phases. Generally, each phase should be completed with appropriate sign-off of deliverables prior to moving to the next phase.

1Define; Zombie Design captures the requirements for the production of the training. Specifically to identify the parameters including the Aims, Outcomes, Objectives, source content, learning path, learner journeys and initial treatments.

2Design; Production of the learning design documentation including wireframes and prototypes (if needed) and any associated production plans for support materials or initiatives based on signed off definition documents.

3Development; Production of the course materials to a delivery level based on signed off design documents.

4Deployment; Establish the course materials within the delivery environment, for example LMS, deployment, training the trainer workshops etc.

5Delivery; Delivery of the learning to the learner, as well as monitoring, evaluation and maintenance.

As well as creating bespoke training, Zombie Design have a selection of off-the-shelf SCORM compliant courseware covering subjects such as:

Reporting breaches of the law
Physical Security
Data Protection
Health and Safety
Introduction to Financial Services
Money Laundering
Information Protection
Competition Policy
Fire Safety
Manual Handling

To enable your work force to get access to the above courses in a way to suit your business we have various flexible payment models, from pay per view to unlimited access. Contact us now for more information on 0845 900 2145 or e-mail us at info@zombiedesign.co.uk.