Evaluating the efficacy of e-learning in Spain: a diagnosis of learning transfer factors affecting e-learning

E-learning is an important component of Continuous Training and companies grant e-learning a growing role in HRD. Nonetheless, assessing the quality of e-learning is not a common enough practice. Evaluating the efficacy of training should be a critical step in training planning, yet it is an isolated practice (ASTD 2009). This article presents the diagnosis of the learning transfer factors within Spanish companies, highlighting an important barrier to transfer: opportunity to transfer; participants in e-learning and blended training are not provided the resources and opportunities to apply learning. Also, the results show a higher level of satisfaction of the participants in blended training. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of the 2nd World Conference on Psychology, Counselling and Guidance.