E-learning ecosystems (ELES) - a holistic approach for the development of more effective learning environment for small-and-medium sized enterprises (SMEs)
As e-learning and technologies advanced significantly, practitioners and academics must find new ways to make the most of this rapid development. In the past, research development in this area was mainly focused solely on technological aspects and more recently, on e-learning and technologies for in...
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| author | Chang, Vanessa Guetl, C. |
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| description | As e-learning and technologies advanced significantly, practitioners and academics must find new ways to make the most of this rapid development. In the past, research development in this area was mainly focused solely on technological aspects and more recently, on e-learning and technologies for individualized learning. Much work has been done in this area to enahnce e-learning systems. In this research, we proposed that an ecological and holistic approach is required for an improved learning environment. To do this the concept of ecosystem will be explained, followed by a rationalization of this application to learning and e-learning. A definition to learning ecosystem (LES) is provided and this generalized definition is further applied to the e-learning ecosystem (ELES). Hereafter an identification and examination of teh e-learning ecosystem will be presented in detail. Finally, an application of the e-learning ecosystem in small-and-medium sized organisations (SMEs) will be discussed. Prior to this, an overview on the usage of e-learning in SMEs will also be given. We conclude by highlighting the need to emphasize on the ecological and holistic approach for the development of more effective learning environments. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-469032017-09-13T16:01:25Z E-learning ecosystems (ELES) - a holistic approach for the development of more effective learning environment for small-and-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) Chang, Vanessa Guetl, C. learning ecosystem SMEs e-learning model e-learning ecosystem ecosystem e-learning As e-learning and technologies advanced significantly, practitioners and academics must find new ways to make the most of this rapid development. In the past, research development in this area was mainly focused solely on technological aspects and more recently, on e-learning and technologies for individualized learning. Much work has been done in this area to enahnce e-learning systems. In this research, we proposed that an ecological and holistic approach is required for an improved learning environment. To do this the concept of ecosystem will be explained, followed by a rationalization of this application to learning and e-learning. A definition to learning ecosystem (LES) is provided and this generalized definition is further applied to the e-learning ecosystem (ELES). Hereafter an identification and examination of teh e-learning ecosystem will be presented in detail. Finally, an application of the e-learning ecosystem in small-and-medium sized organisations (SMEs) will be discussed. Prior to this, an overview on the usage of e-learning in SMEs will also be given. We conclude by highlighting the need to emphasize on the ecological and holistic approach for the development of more effective learning environments. 2007 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46903 10.1109/DEST.2007.372010 IEEE fulltext |
| spellingShingle | learning ecosystem SMEs e-learning model e-learning ecosystem ecosystem e-learning Chang, Vanessa Guetl, C. E-learning ecosystems (ELES) - a holistic approach for the development of more effective learning environment for small-and-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) |
| title | E-learning ecosystems (ELES) - a holistic approach for the development of more effective learning environment for small-and-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) |
| title_full | E-learning ecosystems (ELES) - a holistic approach for the development of more effective learning environment for small-and-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) |
| title_fullStr | E-learning ecosystems (ELES) - a holistic approach for the development of more effective learning environment for small-and-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) |
| title_full_unstemmed | E-learning ecosystems (ELES) - a holistic approach for the development of more effective learning environment for small-and-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) |
| title_short | E-learning ecosystems (ELES) - a holistic approach for the development of more effective learning environment for small-and-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) |
| title_sort | e-learning ecosystems (eles) - a holistic approach for the development of more effective learning environment for small-and-medium sized enterprises (smes) |
| topic | learning ecosystem SMEs e-learning model e-learning ecosystem ecosystem e-learning |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46903 |