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Course is five days or less, then 3 hours of preparation for each hour of training. Course is between five and ten days, then 2.5 hours of preparation for each hour of training. Course is over 10 days, then 2 hours of preparation for each hour of training.

research generally shows that there is at least a 50% reduction in seat time when a course is converted from classroom learning to elearning. Brandon Hall reports it is a 2:1 ratio.

Estimated Average Cost Per Hour Of Instruction - $1,901.00 to $2,170.00

If your organization is inexperienced, expect your average developmental man-hours to be closer to 450-500 man-hours per instructional hour.

1995 August/September issue of CBT Solutions Magazine reported that 221 hours was the average development time.

Category 1: Baseline Presentation

34:1 -- Instructor-Led Training (ILT), including design, lesson plans, handouts, PowerPoint slides, etc. (Chapman, 2007). 33:1 -- PowerPoint to E-Learning Conversion (Chapman, 2006a, p20). 220:1 -- Standard e-learning, which includes presentation, audio, some video, test questions, and 20% interactivity (Chapman, 2006a, p20) 345:1 -- 3rd party courseware. Time it takes for online learning publishers to design, create, test and package 3rd party courseware (Private study by Bryan Chapman 750:1 -- Simulations from scratch. Creating highly interactive content (Chapman, 2006b)

Category 2: Medium Simulation Presentation

Estimated Average Cost Per Hour Of Instruction - $3,768.00

Category 3: High Level Simulation Presentation.

Estimated Average Cost Per Hour Of Instruction - $7,183.00

Verizon says once they develop enough learning objects, they will be able to build courses in five hours or less ($10,000 to $15,000)

includes the instructional designer, project manager, and outsourcing fees (the instructional designer takes the content that is written in instructional design format to three other companies and an in house group for bids)

They use a content management system from OutStart

between 40 to 80 hours and costs $15,000 to $30,000 to develop one hour of elearning (George & Mcgee, 2003)

If the elearning looks more like a PowerPoint presentation, then a 1:1 is probably close, however, the more elearning moves away from looking like a Powerpoint presentation and looks more like an interactive package, then the more the ratio starts to increase.

Outside Consultant - $90.00 hour

Chapman

Category 1: Baseline Presentation