Teaching E-Business Online

Abstract

Increasingly, universities and other educational institutions are supplementing their traditional campus-based programs with online ones. This paper describes how Universitas 21 Global (U21G), a new online university, has approached the task of teaching e-business as a subject in its online MBA program. Aspects of the pedagogy used by U21G are outlined and the way in which the pedagogy has been applied to the design of the courseware and the student learning experienced is described.

Environmental Factors of Distance Learning

“…Online courses demand that students take more initiative in their learning, and as it is an individual determinant, this increases the individual learning experience level. The main concern of the higher learning institution is to ensure that they offer sound online courses so that students and faculty are best able to participate and gain an appropriate learning experience (Lam, 2005). While there are many tools available to an instructor through a course management system, the instructor's role in facilitating the course remains important (Simon et al, 2013).…”

Developing and Testing a Model to Understand Relationships between e-Learning Outcomes and Human Factors

“…(Huynh, 2005). The importance of the level of encouragement can be found in the model proposed by Lam (2005). We added the two questions to assess the roles of the instructor as the facilitator and stimulator: The instructor was actively involved in facilitating this course; The instructor stimulated students to intellectual effort beyond that required by face-to-face courses.…”

Classroom Preferences

“…Students that take more control of their learning end up increasing their level of learning. One of the important concerns of higher learning institutions is to ensure that they offer sound online courses so that students and faculty are best able to participate and gain an appropriate learning experience (Lam, 2005).…”