24x7 Online Learning

June 19, 2009

The Bangalore-based eLearning Website www.my24x7learning.com recently launched an EcoMeter to calculate the CO2 emissions saved by imparting online education. Rough calculations reveal that 13kg of CO2 emission is saved per learner per hour of online learning vis-à-vis classroom learning. The logic: emission saved on travel, paper wastage and the heating and cooling actions that happen in the classroom! Apply this to an organization conducting a weekly session for 20 employees. Going by the parameters, the total carbon dioxide usage by this company would be close to 50 tonnes annually – enough to fill atleast 37 olympic-size swimming pools! In keeping with this, the site launched a comprehensive collection of online certified eLearning courses, adding to its store house of 5,000 online programmes IT and business skills. “We are excited to launch this new eLearning initiative which is affordable, cost effective and eco-friendly,” says Karthik. KS., CEO.

A potential candidate can directly avail certified courses from Cisco, Microsoft, oracle, IBM, Sun Microsystems and others in behavioral skills, HR, Finance, IT, marketing etc, through this site. The facility is particularly useful for small and medium enterprises, students and professionals planning to upgrade skills online. The site has been reporting healthy year-on-year growth of 60-80 percent on its robust skill-imparting model.