It may seem obvious, but it is not uncommon for companies to launch an e-learning initiative without being certain that the have the technology infrastructure in place to accommodate their new e-learning program. Employees are likely to be somewhat fearful of e-learning at first, and running into technology problems may prevent them from buying-in to this new method of training delivery.Â
Here are some important technology issues to consider before introducing e-learning on a company-wide basis:Â
- Do your employees have sufficient computer skills?
- Do all of the affected employees have convenient and sufficient access to computers?
- Is your ISP and internet connectivity going to be able to handle the increased traffic associated with the adoption of company-wide online training?
- Do the computers employees will use for e-learning have sufficient processing speed and RAM?
- Will there be issues with your firewall that impact access to the e-learning platform?
- Do you have a system in place for documenting employee participation in e-learning?
- How will you measure satisfactory completion of training requirements?
- Do you have a system in place to participants to evaluate the effectiveness of online training?
- How are you going to make sure that employees are completing their training requirements themselves?