Choosing Training Methods Depending on organizational needs, a wide variety of training options are available today. While the overwhelming choice for most organizations is still the instructor-led classroom, computer-based methods as well as other more interactive methods are gaining in popularity. The choice of methods will depend on a number of variables, including objectives to be achieved, types and location of employees that need to be trained, and the learning abilities of the participants. Classroom instruction now includes distance learning, whereby trainees at different locations use online programs to view lectures and participate in discussions. Although cost-efficient, interaction between the trainer and audience may be limited. E-Learning has gained in rapid popularity with participants receiving information over the Internet or through a company's intranet. Trainees can work independently using course material supplemented with presentations, video clips, podcasts, and other audiovisual formats accessible for many types of mobile devices. Further applications of this training include electronic performance support systems (EPSSs), simulations or virtual reality, and a movement toward the use of wearable technology. Read the case below and answer the questions that follow. Juanita is the training director for a large hospital that saw its nurses become unionized several years ago