Additional advantages of computer-based training over traditional classroom training include the ability to:
- Pay less per credit hour
- Reduce overall training time
- Spread training out over extended periods of time (even months)
- Bookmark progress (computer remembering where the student left off so they can resume the courses from there)
- Remain in one location (e.g., home, office, airport, coffee shop, etc.) with no need to travel (also reduces transportation costs to physical classroom and benefits environment).
- People no longer constrained to the course meeting times (in most cases).
- Webcasts can be made public, and thus allow anyone to watch the course for free.
- Allow people to be in multiple locations at their own leisure.
Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL)
Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) is one of the most promising innovations to improve teaching and learning with the help of modern information and communication technology. Most recent developments in CSCL have been called E-Learning 2.0, but the concept of collaborative or group learning whereby instructional methods are designed to encourage or require students to work together on learning tasks has existed much longer. It is widely agreed to distinguish collaborative learning from the traditional 'direct transfer' model in which the instructor is assumed to be the distributor of knowledge and skills, which is often given the neologism E-Learning 1.0, even though this direct transfer method most accurately reflects Computer-Based Learning systems (CBL).
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