Hanover creates bespoke e-learning by thinking outside the box: Cost-effective training labelled “an amazing use of resources”

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to observe how members of the Hanover Housing Association’s learning and development team who could not afford the cost of bespoke e-learning trained themselves in instructional design instead.

Design/methodology/approach

Explains the reasons for the training, the form it takes and the results it has achieved.

Findings

Reveals that outsourcing to external developers, at £6,000 for each 30-minute course, was too expensive, so the housing association trained three members of its learning and development team to become in-house e-learning designers instead.

Practical implications

Details how a training investment of £5,000 has so far saved £80,000 – an amount that grows with every e-learning course the team creates.

Social implications

Presents a list of dos and don’ts for effective e-learning.

Originality/value

Reveals how organizations can create their own e-learning rather than spending money on expensive courses designed by others.

Citation

(2014), "Hanover creates bespoke e-learning by thinking outside the box: Cost-effective training labelled “an amazing use of resources”", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 22 No. 3, pp. 17-20. https://doi.org/10.1108/HRMID-05-2014-0059