Chapter One
Utilizing Learning Guides
to Maximize e-Learning at Motorola
Richard Durr
Comments from e-Learners
"The study guide gave me something I could read in bed."
"More, and more complete outlines."
"I wanted something to take away from the e-learning, like the stuff
you take away from a classroom."
MOTOROLA HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR YEARS in business
and industry as a leader in supporting the learning and development
requirements of its employees. Motorola established Motorola
University in 1981, which was years before most corporations recognized
the strategic and performance benefits of a strong organized effort
to support employee training and development.
What Motorola University found out in the late 1990s after
deployment of an online course delivery system was that only 7
percent of employees who accessed the online training completed
the training courses they registered for. Was it because employees
did not find the training beneficia ... read full excerpt from Preparing Learners for e-Learning ebook
