7 What obstacles must be overcome before we see a significant increase in eLearning adoption?
1 1   Economic 2     3     4     5     2 1   training has to be important to organisation 2   Trainees must recognise the potency of elearning 3   Course conversion costs should level off 4   More ASP adoption 5     3 1   oligopoly in general 2   trainers and educators setting the agenda 3   the inability to try new stuff - take risks 4     5     4 1   proliferation of compelling content 2     3     4     5     5 1   Recognition of its contribution and its real place 2   Cost of eLearning development 3   Poor quality of eLearning materials 4     5     6 1   better content 2     3     4     5     7 1   lack of knowledge about learning 2   short term revenue focus 3   hype before substance 4     5     8 1   correct awareness, education 2   top management commitment & initiative 3   increase budget by 20 times 4     5     9 1   Outdated decision-making habits in training 2   Lack of real examples of best practices 3   Alienation of human trainers 4   Insufficient theorizing of human action 5   Inadequate training of e-teachers 10 1   Management averness 2     3     4     5     11 1   focus on the learning experience 2     3     4     5     12 1   Subject Matter Expertise 2   Accountability 3     4     5     13 1   Exec buy-in and budget allocation 2   Acceptance of elearning effectiveness 3   acceptance of ROI 4   buy-in of IT as major change project 5     14 1   Better partnerships 2   Better standards 3   Better e-Learning content 4   Cultural issues 5     15 1   Successful Implementations! 2     3     4     5     16 1   defining it more broadly 2   understanding with e-l strategy is 3   overcoming LMS as god 4   more sophisticated, professional buyers 5   trng's history of ineffectiveness in companies 17 1   Less hype from vendors 2   More genuine interoperability 3   Wider understanding of elearning 4   Fear factor among stand-up trainers 5   Lack of objective guidance to the market 18 1   poorly designed materials 2   more style over substance 3     4     5     19 1   organizations valuing learning 2     3     4     5     20 1   fear of change 2     3     4     5     21 1   Integration with legacy systems 2   low/no cost upgrades 3   pricing 4   features and functionality 5     22 1   Demonstrate effectiveness 2   Must contribute to bottom-line 3     4     5     23 1   ease of use 2   compelling content 3   learning integrated with daily work routines 4     5     24 1   Ease of use 2   REALLY desirable content 3     4     5     25 1   infrastructure/bandwidth 2   standards 3   better design (more interactive) 4     5     26 1   Identifying what works in each niche 2   improving technology 3   Better expectation selling 4     5     27 1   step by step plans for Small to medium businesses 2   see spot run documentation for e-learning 3     4     5     28 1   Consistent adoption of a set of standards 2   Integration of eLearning into core biz valu chain 3     4     5     29 1   proof of benefits 2     3     4     5     30 1   Cost effectiveness must be proven 2   On-line student services must match instr services 3   On-line library services must match instr services 4   College adm understand demands of on-line environ 5   Better design of eLearing tools, content, etc. 31 1   Must optimize existing enterprise software 2   Must demonstrate true added value to learners 3   Change management issues must be tackled 4   End-users need to see the return on time invested 5     32 1   users 2   image 3     4     5     33 1   quicker content design 2   more knowledgeable people involved 3   better demonstration of results 4     5     34 1   Majority adoption of DSL bandwidth. 2   Need guides for repurposing existing trng to web. 3     4     5     35 1   technical infrastructures that help; not impede 2   better manager&learner skills w/web & elearning 3     4     5     36 1   eLearning has to work 2     3     4     5     37 1   managerial courage/commitment 2   maybe '03 budgets will be more hopeful 3     4     5     38 1   wbt-only approach 2   cost of solutions 3   cultural divide of teachers and trainers 4     5     39 1   Turn-key solutions from one vendor 2   Affordable content collection 3   Mindset Change in Corporations 4     5     40 1   lack of evaluation for effectivenss 2   lack of funding for innovation 3   belief that e-learning is "courses online" 4     5     41 1   low-bandwidth solutions 2   more accessible content (no client install) 3     4     5     42 1   adoption of industry wide standards 2   easy-to-use compression software 3   more faith vendors will stay in business 4     5     43 1   To be aware of learning being startegic 2     3     4     5     44 1   Cooperation about infrastructure (State issue) 2   Cooperation in LMS/administrative systems 3   Listen less to unserious newcomers 4   Willing to learn from those who have success 5   ....over time 45 1   pedag coop metacogn potential 2     3     4     5     46 1   seeing it as something different than learning 2   focus on vendors/products