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For the first time, a benchmark has been set on the use, impact and uptake of e-learning for mature aged learners.

New research reveals that e-learning is enhancing the information and communication technology (ICT) skills of mature aged learners, which they are then using in the workplace.

In addition to the skills benefits, mature aged learners placed significant value in the flexibility offered by e-learning, the report reveals. They valued the opportunity to choose when and where they undertook their study, and the capacity to fit this around their work, family, social and recreational commitments. As a result, 59% of mature aged learners indicated that e-learning was a factor in their choice of training organisation.

For a copy of the full report go to the survey results 2007 section of http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/e-learningindicators