, 1999).
             Section 1: Terms of Reference 1
             2.2 e-Learning, What Is It? 4
             3.2 EY Learning Connection (EYLC) 8
             3.3 Past and Present Processes 11
             3.4 Usage and Cost Effectiveness of EYLC 13
             3.6 EYLC – Cost Benefit Analysis 15
             Section 4: Conclusions and Recommendations 19
             Appendices: Appendix i: The Masie Center
             Appendix ii: EY Learning Connection User Guide
             I would like to thank The Golden 8, Learning Support Group (LSG), also my husband Gary and my daughter Naomi, for their love, understanding, patience and support.
             The aims of this assignment, to describe the current e-learning system used in E&Y, evaluating its usage and effectiveness.
             The overall objectives outlined are:
             q Describe how the system proved cost effective
             q List the number of employees accessing the system
             q List the total hours of training each member of staff has undertaken
             q State the appraisal process used, if via the system
             q Outline the details of E&Ys learning management system
             q Outline the details of the content management system
             The scope of this report outlines the evaluation and effectiveness of E&Ys e-learning system. Looking at all areas carefully, identifying necessary and relevant information.
             There are constraints regarding the overall data for this report. Having only recently joined Ernst & Young, it was not possible to gain full access to suite of information vis-â-vis their e-Learning platform and its functionalities. Bearing this in mind, however, the writer of this report has gleaned a considerable amount of information from various sources within E&Y and has also used their initiative and filled where apparent gaps in overall data had occurred, in order to complete this report.
             "The interactivity of on-line education, its facility for blending graphics and pictures with the spoken work, give it an advantage over the typical classroom. ...