E-Learning and M-Learning

Abstract

This research explores the relationship between e-learning and m-learning by investigating distance education students’ use of a learning management system, “Interact,” for virtual team work. The paper explores their experience of online collaborative group assignments in the subject “Information Management in Organisations.” International and local students were grouped. Each group undertook a case study project to propose solutions for identified problems in their chosen organisations. Students developed their assignment in wikis and used various tools for communication and document storage. An anonymous web-based survey was conducted after students completed the group assessment. The results reflected a wide range of factors including technology use, working with students from a different country, and challenges they faced completing group assessment online. Their feedback on their e-learning experience indicated the need for m-learning to address their concerns. The findings indicate a need for m-learning to support e-learning further, which could significantly improve the facilitation of online collaborative group assignments.

Blurring time and place in higher education with bring your own device applications: a literature review

“…In that article, students were required to use a wiki for a group assignment where participants could be in different time zones. The benefits that were mentioned for using a wiki were twofold, the most obvious being the ability of students to work at a time and place of their convenience (Soon 2011;Wilson and Bolliger 2013). The second benefit was the teacher's ability to track and follow individual students' contributions to the assignment through the wiki's history feature: BWiki's history helped the instructor to monitor both the students' activity and their levels of contribution to the project and therefore made the assessment of individual members easier ( Soon 2011, p. 49).…”

Instructor interactivo de nivelación diferencial (IIN) en ingeniería topográfica: diseño, desarrollo y evaluación

“…Con E-learning, hay un avance en la capacidad de entregar la información a los usuarios (Soon, 2011). Sin embargo, no siempre es claro cómo utilizarlo en prácticas especializadas como las realizadas en IT.…”

Measuring difference in knowledge achievement and satisfaction between viewing interactive and linear online learning modules

“…Students decide which materials and resources to access to best help achieve the learning goals. This provides an opportunity for students to experience self-guided study and educate themselves (Abdelaziz, 2011;Baehr, 2012;Borstorff & Lowe, 2007;Cacciamani et al, 2012;Chen, 2011;Duan, He, Feng, Li, & Fu, 2010;Jacob & Sam, 2008;Korkmaz & Karakus, 2009;Kopp et al, 2012;Liaw & Huang, 2012;Pazzaglia et al, 2008;Soon, 2011).…”

“…Students lacking self-regulatory learning skills may not engage in course activities or may skip material. When students maintain busy schedules and over commit themselves, the student may drop from the online course before a classroom course is in order to catch up in other areas of study (Abdelaziz et al, 2011;Al-Dosari, 2011;Beaudoin et al, 2009;Borstorff & Lowe, 2007;Cacciamani et al, 2012;Craig et al, 2008;Liaw & Huang, 2012;Paechter et al, 2010;Soon, 2011).…”

“…Federal legislation such as amendments to the Department of Education Higher Education Act of 1965 (Mayadas, Bourne, & Bacsich, 2009) and the 1996 Technology Literacy Challenge, and increasing popularity of online learning is changing the landscape of higher education. Advances in the Internet and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools is making the transition from the traditional instructor-led classroom instruction to student-centered e-learning hosted through learning and course management systems possible (Allen & Seaman, 2011;Hassanzadeh, Kanaani, & Elah, 2010;Lui & Hwang, 2010;Murray, Perez, Geist, & Hedrick, 2012;Ngai, Poon, & Chan, 2007; Ruiz-Calleja, Vega-Gorgojo, Asensio-Perez, Bote-Lorenzo, Gomez-Sanches, & Alario-Hoyos, 2012; Soon, 2011;Sun & Cheng, 2007;Tella, 2011).…”