Advantages of ILTs to the Learner

ILTs offer many powerful advantages and unique benefits to learners including the following:

• Face-to-face interactions with the instructor and real-time discussions are powerful ways to learn. Having an expert answer questions instantly and validate learners’ understanding of the subject are key aspects of ILTs.
• Receiving real-time feedback in the classroom also facilitates and reinforces learning.
• The instructor can adapt how he or she teaches based on the learners’ levels of understanding. Even the slowest of learners can be accommodated by an experienced instructor.
• Classroom training allows individual attention from the instructor; an individualized approach cannot be duplicated in online training.
• ILTs provide the opportunity for learners to make mistakes in a controlled environment.
• ILTs provide the all-important “human touch,” which is often missing in eLearning, unless it is synchronous eLearning.
• Group interactions enhance learning, with employees learning from one another as well as from the instructor. There is also a kind of learning that results through synergy, which is not possible through eLearning.
• ILTs help in learning kinesthetic skills – skills that need learning by doing. Imagine learning swimming or handling a piece of machinery through simulations alone!
• Motivation levels are likely to be higher, with less dropout rates. Many people also learn better in a face-to-face instruction session.