Analyzing Technology's Impact on HRD and Learning Effectiveness

This report delves into the transformative impact of technology on Human Resource Development (HRD) and learning processes. It begins by establishing the drivers behind the growth of technology in education, such as cost considerations, learner preferences, and technological advancements. The report then explores e-learning in general, outlining its advantages and disadvantages, followed by an in-depth analysis of specific technologies that enhance HRD functions and learning quality. These technologies include Kahoot polling software, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), virtual classrooms, microlearning, and virtual reality. Each technology is explained, with its benefits and drawbacks discussed, providing a comprehensive overview of how organizations can leverage these tools to improve training interventions, enhance learner engagement, and achieve better learning outcomes. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of technology in modern education and its role in creating more meaningful and effective learning experiences.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Technology can enhance the HRD function and its interventions..............................................2
A range of technologies which can enhance the quality of learning for an organization............3
Kahoot polling software..........................................................................................................3
MOOCs....................................................................................................................................4
Virtual classrooms...................................................................................................................4
Micro learning.........................................................................................................................5
Virtual Reality.........................................................................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
Technology comes up with the ability to improve the overall relationship between teachers and
students. When teachers integrate technology into the subject areas, teachers grow into the role
of advisor, expert, and coach (Aparicio, Bacao and Oliveira 2016). Technology helps the whole
process of teaching and learning a bit of interactive fun. The process of teaching through
technology has come into the picture as a result of increased broadband and increased capability
of mobile phones. Technology is a powerful tool that can support and transform education in
various ways.
In the coming pages of the report, an analysis has been done regarding how technology can
improve HRD function and related intervention. The next part of the report deals with a range of
technologies that can improve the quality of learning.
Technology can enhance the HRD function and its interventions
E-learning can be defined as the system of learning, which is obtained through internet by
making use of electronic devices. E-learning is completely based on the concept of formalized
learning. This is merely provided by making use of electronic devices like systems, tablets and
cell phones (Cidral et al. 2018). All these are connected to the internet platform. A learning
management system can be defined as the software application, which is required to deliver
online training. Cloud-based LMS helps the individual to scale up the training delivery.
Some of the benefits of E-learning are
Lower Cost: When the corporate replaces the instruction based on training by making use
of e-learning. It merely highlights that they can focus on creating new training courses that
ultimately result in productivity.

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Faster Delivery: Organizing training sessions can be a bit time consuming and expensive
(Aparicio, Bacao and Oliveira 2017). By making use of e-learning, students can get training
when they require it.
Some of the drawbacks to e-learning are
Motivation: Some of the people are content that student needs to get motivated to get
some out to online learning (Hayashi et al. 2020). Being an e-learning course developer, it is
their job to make the course much more engaging.
Access to Technology: E-learning needs the learner to access the course by making use
of some of the kind technology (Freeze et al. 2019). The most suitable way to avoid this issue is
to identify the environment of learning.
A range of technologies which can enhance the quality of learning for an
organization
Kahoot polling software
Kahoot is known to be a student response tool that is required for the administration of
quizzes, facilitating discussion, and collecting survey data (Gros and García-Peñalvo 2016). This
stands out to be a game –based classroom system that is played in real-time.
Advantages of Kahoot
 It brings benefit to both teacher and student
 The engagement of student is very much high.
 As a result of highlight engagement, teachers are being able to materials which are
covered accurately through survey and quizzes.

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 This is an integrated technology for classroom that is from science and math.
Drawbacks
 It is very much tough to keep track of the progress of the student.
MOOCs
MOOCs stand for Massive Open Online Course, which is known to be a web-based designed
course for enrollment on a large scale. It is completely taught on the online platform. MOOCs
encourage the concept of local communities to form learning (Al-Samarraie et al. 2018). It is not
that much common for MOOCs to provide a statement for accomplishment. The learners have
completed some sort of learning activities in the provided courses.
Advantages of MOOCs
 MOOCs provide a platform range where innovative start-up, top colleges and other
reputable institutions can make use of a range of top-quality education.
 It provides flexibility to most of the learners.
Disadvantages
 MOOCs are not usually accredited, which makes the course very much valuable.
 The college version courses are completely simplified and cannot match with the level of
real thing.
Virtual classrooms
Virtual classroom can be stated as an online environment which helps in live interaction
in between tutor and learners (De-Marcos, Garcia-Cabot and Garcia-Lopez 2017). They all take

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part in the learning activities. Virtual classrooms can be defined as an online space where
learners and tutors work simultaneously.
Advantages of virtual classroom
 Personalized learning
 Provides Long-distance learning
 Real-time teaching and learning
 Effective and Efficient time management
 Affordable
 Digital and Smart classroom
 Enhances virtualization
Disadvantages
 No complete control over student
 No control over learning atmosphere
 Student lacks real-time teaching
Microlearning
It can be defined as a holistic approach that is required for skill-based learning and deals with
small learning units (Aparicio, Bacao and Oliveira 2016). This merely requires the involvement
of short term focus strategies which has been designed for skill based understanding and
learning.
Advantages of Microlearning
 Bite-size learning

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 Moment for support need
 Removes the small knowledge
 Budget friendly
Disadvantages
 It is not fit for comprehensive Coursework
 Completely fails to get the overall picture
 Fails to help the long-term performance goals.
Virtual Reality
Virtual reality can play a major role in teaching as it provides an interesting and engaging
way for acquiring all the required information for meeting the needs (Cidral et al. 2018).
Technology can help in explaining difficult and complex theories in classroom. This is useful in
explaining something that works.
Benefits
 Provides the best visualization
 Creates interest
 Enhances the engagement of Students
Drawbacks
 Decreases the human connection
 Lack of flexibility
 Issues related to Functionality
 Expensive

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Conclusion
The above pages help us in concluding the point that the report deals the importance of
technology in education. Technology has helped the student to have the information even outside
the books. Teachers can come up much creative ways to teach their student, which keeps them
engaged. Technology has completely changed the learning environment so that learning is easier.
The implementation of technology in school has helped to close the gaps. Teachers make use of
learning and teaching much more meaningful and fun. The report focuses on how technology can
improve the HRD functions. The report provides an evaluation regarding the range of
technologies for improving quality of learning.

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