WEB-BASED EMPLOYEE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Nowadays most of the organization, colleges and universities started to use the online learning as part of their course.  This is because through online learning the employee can access the internet anywhere and anytime.  Moreover, online learning is cheap compare to sending he employee to a training program.  Web-based employee learning also can be called as the e-learning.  E-learning offers the employee the resources in online education, online learning and also web-based training.  In addition, the sites offer a web that is useful for e-learning solution in development, performance improvement and also employee training.

Furthermore, web-based learning and development is useful to be used for the distance learning.  This is because through the web employee will be able to access the internet and communicate with others easier.  Through the online learning there are many benefits for the employee.  Furthermore, through the online learning employee will be provided the opportunities to learn in home, workplace or even in community.  Other that that, it is an effective method to be used to teach and learn.  It also allows the employee to communicate and share the idea with others.

There were many online learning programs that can be used by the organization to be implementing in their organization.  Appraisal Smart had provided learning development modules that can be used for employee learning management and career development.  The modules enable the organization to create a learning and development library with organization specific learning activities internally or externally. 

Other than that, it also useful to manage employee personal development and career development.  In addition, for the employee learning through the learning and development library, other learning activities can be added to the employee personal development.  The module is an add-on module for the employee performance appraisal and also for the 360 feedback system.

In organization, learning and development of employee is important to ensure the employee knowledge, skill and ability to be developed to higher stages.  This is because it is crucial for the employee development and also beneficial to the organization.  Therefore, organization must ensure that the program that been used to be provided to the employee can be used and understand by the employee.  This is to ensure that the employee can used the system successfully and can be implementing in their learning development.

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REFERENCES

Employee Learning Management & Career Development. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.appraisal-smart.com/learning-and-development-module.htm

The development of online learning. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=398892&section=1.3.2