Learning Pool : The Public Sector E-Learning Exchange

Welcome

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Welcome to our online tool to help you calculate the return on investment of your e-learning decisions.

Our return on investment calculator will give you a quick idea of the relative costs of e-learning versus other training methods.

We've made some assumptions in the setting tabs to get you started but these are easily changed to reflect your own situation.

Want to feature in one of our ROI case studies? Please get in touch.

Calculate your return on investment

E-Learning Course Development

In-house development costs (per hour of e-learning) Storyboarding and scripting:

hours

Authoring:

hours

SME advice:

hours

Review/Testing:

hours

Graphics:

hours

Other:

hours

Average hourly rate for developers:

Bought In e-learning
Total cost of bought course:

Classroom Course Development

Room hire:

Room Capacity:

External trainers fee per day:

£ (includes course

External trainers fee per day:

development costs)

Average hourly rate for delegates:

Assumptions

1 day in the classroom is: hours
1 hour e-learning replaces: hours in the classroom

The average cost per person of 1 days classroom learning including refreshment is:

Trainer Fee per day: £ 500.00
Room Rate per day: £ 250.00
Rate Per User (£ 6.20 * 6 hours) = : £ 37.20

Calculate your ROI

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Choose the calculator tab

Step 1 - enter the number of learners you want to train

Step 2 - enter the number of e-learning courses they'll each do

Step 3 - enter the average length of the e-learning courses

Step 4 - click

You will then see the costs of training your learners via the traditional classroom compared to e-learning, together with the total cost savings.

Choose e-learning settings or classroom settings to change key criteria.