Aspects of e-Learning in a University

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Author(s): Karen Manning (Victoria University, Australia), Lily Wong (Victoria University, Australia)and Arthur Tatnall (Victoria University, Australia)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 11
Source title: Social Influences on Information and Communication Technology Innovations
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Arthur Tatnall (Victoria University, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1559-5.ch016

Keywords: Cybernetics / Human Aspects of Technology / Information Science Reference / Media & Communications

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Most universities make use of e-learning facilities to manage and deliver on-line learning. Many universities have adopted an approach to teaching and the delivery of course content that combines traditional face-to-face delivery with online teaching resources: a blended learning approach. Many factors act to determine how online learning is adopted, accepted, and the balance between online and face-to-face delivery is formed. In this paper, the authors suggest that educational technology adoption decisions are made at three levels: strategic decisions are made by the university to implement a particular package, and then individual academics made adoption decisions regarding those aspects of the package they will use in their teaching and how they will use them. They also make a decision on the balance they will have between on-line and face-to-face teaching. This article questions how decisions are made to adopt one e-learning package rather than another. The authors then examine how individual academics relate to this technology once it is adopted and make use of it to deliver some or all of their teaching and determine the appropriate blend.

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