E‐learning: engagement, enhancement and execution

Abstract

Judging by the many occasions now that the prefix``e'' occurs, it appears as the single most characteristic and common theme of the current economy, business and learning spheres. The``e'' serves as an abbreviation for the term``electronic''. Electronic, in turn, refers to the insertion and application of a computer in the processes of communication, data collection, management and manipulation of databases, process automation, information storage and presentation. The attachment of the``e'' label to the``e-economy'', or the``new economy'', has also come to describe the transformation of economic activities that comes hand in hand with arrival of the information society.E-learning, e-education, or online learning refers to the way people communicate and learn electronically which has only recently emerged as a key source of competitive advantage in the information society. Interactive distance learning, intranet-based training, Web-based training, online learning ± all appear as different names, for different types of learning technologies, with different capabilities. However, the distinctions and capabilities that once separated these categories are made fuzzier by advances in technology. Though there are particular differences between them, for instance in bandwidth, user interface, or interactivity, they share a common strategy to deliver flexible learning. Moreover, these online learning platforms have begun to converge around common technology standards and a delivery infrastructure, the Internet as a means of enabling learning.We seem to be in an era when the number of students inevitably increases in relation to the number of teachers. E-learning offers the beguiling prospect to redress the balance, without a sacrifice in the quality of teaching. For human resource managers with a keen financial interest in the delivery of development programmes, the medium offers cost-effectiveness, standardisation, flexibility and scalability. Equally important for the corporate sector, is the ability to precisely track the record and performance of each and every registered learner through a learner management system. Although still an emerging field, it offers many benefits that are radically different from a conventional classroom-based learning environment andThe author

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