I must devise training programs for work and have never utilized e-learning at work, so forgive me if this is a stupid question.

Are they best done as individual employees who access the e-learning on their own or is it more effective if there are a group of employees in a room accessing the same session? Or does it depend upon the topic at hand? Thanks!

eLearning is usually self-paced and completed by an individual. I have seen a group of employees meet in one room (each having his/her own PC) to complete an eLearning course.

It depends on availability of employees and if more than one person can leave a department at the same time. Administering your eLearning individually might be the better option.

I have held e-learning training sessions in both a large group as well as individuals. Much of it, as I have learned by trial and error, is determined by the topic of the e learning training session, the urgency, relevancy to all participants job functions and learning type. Some discussions, team building exercises I prefer to do in groups, whereas when I have held e learning seminars on time management, I have just had the individuals proceed with the training on their own and give them a deadline to complete. So I believe it depends on the training material and the company's unique situation.

e-learning is designed to do it both ways. The course is designed by a developer and placed in to LMS or other tracking tools. User takes it at when time permits them to finish. e-learning model is design to start and complete any time from anywhere.

Large group can use this idea but the tracking completion is bit harder in this scenario. There are many factors can count about tracking and testing the knowledge.

To me, this subject is very large in terms of system, tracking and group of people taking this trainings. I am sure you got the idea.