One of the main benefits of e-Learning is the flexibility it offers to learners and those responsible for supporting learning. Learning resources that include interactive work packages, videos, pod casts and many other items can be made available to the learner online or on digital recording devices such as memory sticks.

More sophisticated Learning Management Systems can track learners progress and offer real time and asynchromous communications between tutors and learners and groups of learners.

Ease of Access to learning technology is critical to the success of e-Learning. It may be provided in staff work rooms, in dedicated learning centres, public resources centres such as libraries or a variety of mobile learning centres. The learning technologies used should be robust and fit for purpose and training on the new technologies should be planned as close as possible to the need to use them.