What is the ultimate goal of workplace training? You guessed it; long-term behavioral change. Many off-the-shelf training programs cannot really meet that lofty goal. They’re generic, one-size-fits-all offerings that, while undeniably useful for some learning needs, generally don’t generate the kind of long-term behavioral change that most training programs aspire to effect. If true behavior change is your company’s goal, a custom eLearning solution is an option that should be seriously considered, even if only as a piece in a larger blended learning scheme.
If you’ve been in the Learning and Development industry for any length of time, you’ve probably heard of the forgetting curve. To make a very detailed scientific explanation short, the forgetting curve basically demonstrates that if you’re exposed to learning without reinforcement, you start forgetting what you’ve learned a lot quicker than you might think.