Challenges Facing E-Learning

2017 ◽  
pp. 271-288
Author(s):  
Vannie Naidoo
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Support Service ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Service Staff ◽  
E Learning

The rapid advancement in technology has set the stage to change teaching dynamics worldwide. Today's learners are very techno savvy. To enhance teaching and learning outcomes it is important to focus on using this new technology to engage with learners. E-learning is part of the new technological advancement taking place in teaching. Khan (2005, pp. 6-7) argues that the success of an e-learning system involves a systematic process of planning, designing, evaluating and implementing online learning environments where learning is actively fostered and supported. An e-learning system should be meaningful to all stakeholder groups including instructors, support service staff, and the institution. E-learning introduces learners to a new environment. In this system, learners are independent and must be self-motivated and committed to their learning. E-learners need to know how to use and manipulate software. According to Jones (2003), e-learning technologies bring as much change to instructors as they do to students, again requiring a new set of skills for success.

Emotional Elements in Learning Platforms in Open and Distributed Environments

2019 ◽  
pp. 125-148
Author(s):  
Lazarus Ndiku Makewa
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Distributed Environments ◽  
Classroom Engagement ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Platforms ◽  
Multiple Challenges ◽  
Facilitated Learning

E-learning is viewed as an innovative approach for delivering quality-designed, learner-centered, interactive, and facilitated learning environments to all, anywhere, any moment by putting in use the skills, knowledge, and resources of diverse technologies together with other teaching and learning resources suited for open, and distributed learning environments. Success story in an e-learning system involves a clear process regarding planning, designing, developing, evaluating, and implementing online learning courses where interaction is actively encouraged and facilitated. Emotional experiences can easily provide multiple challenges to students' online and classroom engagement and academic performance. For example, academic fears have wide-ranging effects, affecting strategy use, classroom and/or online performance, and subject choice. This chapter will therefore discuss emotional elements and their impacts in learning platforms in open and distributed environments.

SWELS

2010 ◽  
pp. 120-145
Author(s):  
Gianluca Elia ◽  
Giustina Secundo ◽  
Cesare Taurino
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Web ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Learning Systems ◽  
Learning System ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Distance Learning Technologies ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
New Generation

This chapter presents a prototypal e-learning system based on the Semantic Web paradigm, called SWELS (Semantic Web E-Learning System). The chapter starts by introducing e-learning as an efficient and just-in-time tool supporting the learning processes. Then a brief description of the evolution of distance learning technologies will be provided, starting from first generation e-learning systems through the current Virtual Learning Environments and Managed Learning Environments, by underling the main differences between them and the need to introduce standards for e-learning with which to manage and overcome problems related to learning content personalization and updating. Furthermore, some limits of the traditional approaches and technologies for e-learning will be provided, by proposing the Semantic Web as an efficient and effective tool for implementing new generation e-Learning systems. In the last section of the chapter, the SWELS system is proposed by describing the methodology adopted for organizing and modeling its knowledge base, by illustrating its main functionalities, and by providing the design of the tool followed by the implementation choices. Finally, future developments of SWELS will be presented, together with some remarks regarding the benefits for the final user in using such system.

scholarly journals A Model of Introducing e-Learning System at Vocational College for Business Secretaries

10.28945/3071 ◽  
2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marko Kastelic ◽  
Tea Loncaric
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Learning System ◽  
General Introduction ◽  
Vocational College ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Experimental Project ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Academic Year

In this paper the background, the context and the main challenges of introducing e-leaming at vocational college for business secretaries will be examined. The presented data were gathered from surveys considering all phases of experimental project that took place in the academic year 2005/06 at vocational college Leila in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This article begins with a brief description of circumstances that influenced the research of implementing new technologies in teaching and learning processes. What follows is a general introduction into the field of e-learning and e-learning environments. The main part of this article describes the whole process of integrating e-education into the program for business secretaries. The final part of the article summarizes the work so far and gives some suggestions for the future.

Costs of E-Learning Support

2010 ◽  
pp. 1376-1391
Author(s):  
Carol Kahan Kennedy ◽  
Maureen Hinkley
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Support Service ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Learning Support ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Initial Exploration

Understanding the costing of e-learning informs decision-making on how to support the development and implementation of teaching and learning technologies in higher education. This paper describes costings and processes in a central e-learning support service that is especially applicable to face-to-face universities that use e-learning in a blended or supplemental mode. We differentiate three types of costs: infrastructure costs that are less sensitive to variation in the complexity of e-learning strategies, and edevelopment and e-delivery coststhat are directly related to the nature of the strategies used. Using actual data from a three-year e-learningsupport project (e3Learning) with 139 sub-projects, the paper illustrates how the calculations promote an understanding of e-learning in the following four dimensions: 1) total cost of running an e-learning support service, 2) individual costs attributable to each of the sub-projects, 3) ‘price-tags’ of e-learning strategies, and 4) initial exploration of the cost-effectiveness issue.

Costs of E-Learning Support

2011 ◽  
pp. 344-360
Author(s):  
Paul Lam ◽  
Josephine Csete ◽  
Carmel McNaught
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Support Service ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Learning Support ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Delivery Costs ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Initial Exploration

Understanding e-learning costs informs decision making on support for the development and implementation of teaching and learning technologies in higher education. This chapter describes costs and processes in a central e-learning support service that is especially applicable to face-to-face universities that use e-learning in a blended or supplemental mode. We differentiate three types of costs: infrastructure costs that are less sensitive to variation in the complexity of e-learning strategies, and e-development and e-delivery costs that are directly related to the nature of the strategies used. Using actual data from a three-year e-learning support project (e3Learning) with 139 sub-projects, the chapter illustrates how the calculations promoted an understanding of e-learning in the following four aspects: 1) total cost of running an e-learning support service, 2) individual costs attributable to each of the sub-projects, 3) ‘price-tags’ of e-learning strategies, and 4) initial exploration of the cost-effectiveness issue. Institutional decisions made as a consequence of this study are described.

scholarly journals BENEFITS OF MANAGEMENT GAMES IN DISPLAYS PERFORMANCE STUDENT AT ILEARNING EDUCATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-74
Author(s):  
Desy Apriani ◽  
Eka Purnama Harahap ◽  
Paramitha Kusuma Wardhani
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Improve Student Performance ◽  
Management Games ◽  
E Learning

The development of learning in education has now increased. As time goes on, technology has grown rapidly. With the development of technology today can help the learning process. One example of technological advancement in education is E-Learning. E-Learning provides the convenience of lecturers and students in distance learning so that learning runs effectively and efficiently. In an effort to improve the quality of education in Indonesia, Raharja University has implemented an online learning system called iLearning. But iLearning's online learning system has not been the maximum, there are some students who have not been active in the classroom as the lecture took place and there are still students who are late working on the assignment given. To improve the performance of students while in the classroom and to perform timely assignments lecturers apply a method of gamification. Students will earn points when working on an assignment that has been given by the lecturer. The earning points are listed on the iDu Dashboard in order to provide motivation for students to do other tasks and compete with classmates. The methods used to address these problems include SWOT analysis methods, Literature Review, and Unified Modelling Language (UML) as a modeling design. This research aims to improve student performance in the process of teaching and learning activities.

SWELS

2011 ◽  
pp. 805-829
Author(s):  
Gianluca Elia ◽  
Giustina Secundo ◽  
Cesare Taurino
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Web ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Learning Systems ◽  
Learning System ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Distance Learning Technologies ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
New Generation

This chapter presents a prototypal e-learning system based on the Semantic Web paradigm, called SWELS (Semantic Web E-Learning System). The chapter starts by introducing e-learning as an efficient and just-in-time tool supporting the learning processes. Then a brief description of the evolution of distance learning technologies will be provided, starting from first generation e-learning systems through the current Virtual Learning Environments and Managed Learning Environments, by underling the main differences between them and the need to introduce standards for e-learning with which to manage and overcome problems related to learning content personalization and updating. Furthermore, some limits of the traditional approaches and technologies for e-learning will be provided, by proposing the Semantic Web as an efficient and effective tool for implementing new generation e- Learning systems. In the last section of the chapter, the SWELS system is proposed by describing the methodology adopted for organizing and modeling its knowledge base, by illustrating its main functionalities, and by providing the design of the tool followed by the implementation choices. Finally, future developments of SWELS will be presented, together with some remarks regarding the benefits for the final user in using such system.

scholarly journals E-learning Environments, Opportunities and Challenges in Teaching and Learning to Play the Piano in Student Teacher Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 2562-2569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jukka Enbuska ◽  
Atte Rimppi ◽  
Lenita Hietanen ◽  
Vesa Tuisku ◽  
Inkeri Ruokonen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Student Teacher ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
E Learning

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Students’ Preferences for Online and Blended Learning: Motivational Vs. Cognitive

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sinan Keskin ◽  
Halil Yurdugül
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Task Value ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Individual

AbstractToday’s educational institutions are expected to create learning opportunities independent of time and place, to offer easily accessible learning environments and interpersonal communication opportunities. Accordingly, higher education institutions develop strategies to meet these expectations through teaching strategies, such as e-learning, blended learning, mobile learning, etc., by using teaching technologies. These new technology-based teaching strategies are mainly shaped by decision-makers in education. This study seeks to analyse the individual factors that affect learners’ mode of teaching and learning delivery preferences. In this study, blended and online learning is considered as preferences of learners’ mode of teaching and learning delivery. The individual factors discussed in this research are cognitive learning strategies, e-learning readiness, and motivation. The data were obtained from the pre-service teachers at the end of the academic semester when they experienced online and blended learning. Data were analysed using optimal scaling analysis. The analysis method provides a two-dimensional centroid graph which shows the correlations between the variable categories. According to study findings, there is a correlation between the preferences of the learning environment, and the constructs of self-efficacy, e-learning motivation, and task value. It can be said that the motivational variables are more effective in the learning environment preference. The students with high task value, e-learning motivation, and self-efficacy preferred studying in blended learning environments. Cognitive strategies, self-directed learning, learner control, and test anxiety factors are independent of the learners’ learning delivery preferences.

Media Streaming for Technological Innovation in Higher Education

2014 ◽  
pp. 691-712
Author(s):  
Moradeke Olaniyan ◽  
Deryn Graham
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Media Streaming ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Streaming Technology ◽  
The University

Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) can be slow in responding to technological innovation. Streaming technology offers a competitive advantage to a HEI if appropriately adopted and integrated with the marketing strategy compared to the Push-Pull strategy: when all available technological innovation is used to push educational options to the market and the potential people pull from the market. This chapter briefly describes the concepts of e-learning and media streaming, and their relationship to HEIs. The intangible business benefits of using media streaming to enhance teaching and learning in HEIs are explored through a literature review and small sample survey. The case study of a UK university is used to represent a HEI; e-learning technology is already in use within the university, considering the integration of media streaming technology into new or existing learning technologies. The hardware and software requirements are briefly examined, and possible business concerns and risks are identified with recommendations.

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