Live-action eLearning ages. People change roles, offices change look, brand guidelines evolve. Animated eLearning is update-friendly, culturally neutral, visually consistent, and — when done well — significantly more engaging than a talking head reading from a script.
Animation also allows you to visualise the unfilmable: abstract processes, microscopic mechanisms, hypothetical scenarios, systems thinking, and emotional states. For educational content, that visualisation capability is not a luxury — it's the medium.