I get this question all the time and I give my students the ‘estimates’. These numbers are very useful when putting together a proposal and letting a client know just how much it is going to cost them. I have gathered these numbers from several sources which are posted at the end of this post. Now for the stats:
1.According to training magazine, money spent on training increased 13% in 2011 to $59.7 billion.
2. Average trainer (Instructional Designer) salary in 2011: $84,142 (elearning guild reports: $79,890)
3. Development times to create one-hour of e-learning (The eLearning Guild, 2002):
– Simple Asynchronous: (static HTML pages with text & graphics): 117 hours
– Simple Synchronous: (static HTML pages with text & graphics): 86 hour
– Average Asynchronous: (above plus Flash, JavaScript, animated GIF’s. etc): 191 hours
– Average Synchronous: (above plus Flash, JavaScript, animated GIF’s. etc): 147 hours
– Complex Asynchronous: (above plus audio, video, interactive simulations): 276 hours
– Complex Synchronous: (above plus audio, video, interactive simulations): 222 hours
4. Instructor presentation time of face to face courses:
Dugan Laird (1985), listed these instructor preparation times (based on U.S. Civil Service estimate):
– 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.
5. Chart from ASTD 2009:
|
Type of Training per 1 hour
|
Low Hours
Per hour of Instruction
(2009)
|
High Hours
Per Hour of Instruction
(2009)
|
Low Hours
Per hour of Instruction
(2003)
|
High Hours
Per Hour of Instruction
(2003)
|
|
Stand-up training (classroom)
|
43
|
185
|
20
|
70
|
|
Self-instructional print
|
40
|
93
|
80
|
125
|
|
Instructor-led, Web-based training delivery (using software such as Centra, Adobe Connect, or WebEx-two-way live audio with PowerPoint)
|
49
|
89
|
30
|
80
|
|
E-learning Developed without a Template
|
|
|
|
|
|
Text-only; limited interactivity; no animations
|
93
|
152
|
100
|
150
|
|
Moderate interactivity; limited animations
|
122
|
186
|
250
|
400
|
|
High interactivity; multiple animations
|
154
|
243
|
400
|
600
|
|
E-learning Developed within a Template
|
|
|
|
|
|
Limited interactivity; no animations (using software such as Lectora, Captivate, ToolBook, TrainerSoft)
|
118
|
365
|
40
|
100
|
|
Moderate interactivity; limited animations (using software such as Lectora, Captivate, ToolBook, TrainerSoft)
|
90
|
240
|
150
|
200
|
|
High interactivity; multiple animations (using software such as Lectora, Captivate, ToolBook, TrainerSoft)
|
136
|
324
|
60
|
300
|
|
Limited interactivity; no animations (using software such as Articulate)
|
73
|
116
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Moderate interactivity; limited animations (using software such as Articulate)
|
97
|
154
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
High interactivity; multiple animations (using software such as Articulate)
|
132
|
214
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Simulations
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equipment or hardware (equipment emulation)
|
949
|
1743
|
600
|
1000
|
|
Softskills (sales, leadership, ethics, diversity, etc.)
|
320
|
731
|
NA
|
NA
|
Source: http://www.astd.org/LC/2009/0809_kapp.htm
Sources:
http://www.trainingmag.com/article/2011-training-industry-report
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/trainsta.html
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/costs.html
http://www.trainingmag.com/article/training%E2%80%99s-2011-growth-spurt
From nwlink.com: The eLearning Guild. (2002). The e-Learning Development Time Ratio Survey. Retrieved October 27, 2007 from: http://www.elearningguild.com/pdf/1/time%20to%20develop%20Survey.pdf
From nwlink.com: Laird, Dugan (1985). Approaches To Training And Development (2nd ed.). Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
http://www.elearningguild.com/research/archives/index.cfm?id=148&action=viewonly
http://www.astd.org/LC/2009/0809_kapp.htm
