Instructional Delivery

"A small or medium sized organization's training professional can create an eLearning module or set of lessons without inflicting high costs." (Leary and Berg, 2007

Introduction	As we continue to experience growth within Internet-based technologies as well as human competencies in the use of these technologies; we see sustained growth in the area of e-learning to help meet the ever-changing needs of people and organizations.  Often the instructional model that an organization adopts are due to economics.  A way of looking at this to assess them into the categories of traditional, strategic, and rapid as many of the readaptation of traditiona learning models have been done to reduce cost and time.
Traditional eLearning	Focuses on learners acquiring necessary skills (i.e. needs analysis)  Developed in 3 to 11 weeks  Is part of an organizations annual training plan ($5000 - $30,000/instructional hour)  Offers preparation for professional certification programs  Results in decisions being made whether to build or buy the training to make efficient use of the training budget  Is developed by internal and external staffing (instructional designers, instructors, etc)
Strategic eLearning	Developed in conjunction with an organizations development or change strategy (i.e. long-term training needs) (12+ weeks)  Has a substantial cost structure to produce Designed to be deployed in phases over a period of time  Developed by cross-functional teams (i.e. employees and/or contractors)  Often blended learning (i.e. combination of classroom, workshops, instructor led, conference calls, and other media)
Strategic  eLearning	Responds to an URGENT training need (i.e. product launch or competitive situation)  Developed in less than 3 weeks  Creates training that has little long-term usefulness  Has a small budget  Makes use of authoring tools (i.e. PowerPoint) Is developed with internal staffing (1-3 professionals)  Is developed by subject matter experts by template tools

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