Conventional vs. virtual training

Learn why conventional training is more expensive and less efficient than Virtual Simulation

Major Emergency Training costs at least 2000 US$ per person for 4 days.

Add the costs of the helicopter trip, overtime, accommodation, etc. and the bill is significant for a one-shot course for just a part of your team. A Virtual Simulation version of a Major Emergency Course with us costs just 990 US$ per year for unlimited access. The key difference between conventional training and Virtual Simulation mean it is not possible to make like for like comparisons of the price and cost structure. But the indication is clear, even without taking into account the ROI (return on investment) and IOB (impact on business) of Virtual Simulation.

The effectiveness of transfer and retention of knowledge using formal learning techniques.

Hermann Ebbinghaus and later Harold Stolovitch and Erica Keeps (2005) researched the effectiveness of transfer and retention of knowledge using formal learning techniques. Their findings prove that if learning is carried out away from the workplace and with no opportunity to put the newly acquired knowledge into practice, then the impact of the learning is lost. The desired outcome of any learning event is that the learner will acquire the knowledge and performance improvement set out in the course objectives. Whilst this may be the case during and immediately after the course, the research revealed that the retention of this new knowledge will only last nine hours. This is due to the learner’s inability to embed the new behavior into their long-term memory.

A lot of the current training is impossible to put directly into practice - for instance emergency practice and processes.