Factors Affecting Successful Adoption and Adaption of E-Learning Strategies

Factors Affecting Successful Adoption and Adaption of E-Learning Strategies

Enis Elezi, Christopher Bamber
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 17
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5772-3.ch002
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Abstract

This chapter explores factors affecting the development of e-learning strategies in the context of higher education institutions. The authors focus on understanding the impact of e-learning on pedagogical approaches to teaching and learning and elaborate on the challenges higher education institutions experience in implementing e-learning strategies. A combination of synchronous and asynchronous delivery allows educational establishments to not only offer a service that is good value for money but promotes action learning, and encourages ownership, independent learning, and creative thinking. This work proposes social networking scaffolding for asynchronous and synchronous e-learning, where the learner is at the centre of a social network system. Furthermore, the chapter provides guidance to higher education governors, leaders, and e-learning technicians in developing and implementing e-learning strategies.
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E-Learning And Higher Education Landscape

Several scholars have highlighted that the conventional approach of teaching and learning in universities combining lectures and seminars will continue to change as a result of technological developments and socio-economical reconfiguration that our societies experience (Aparicio et al., 2016; Flavin and Quintero; 2018; Meskhi et al. 2019). Changes in tuition fees and the role of technology in facilitating learning are considered to have significantly affected the restructuring of the current UK HE landscape but not only. The shift from conventional to technology-based learning continues to be an ongoing area of discussion and further research. However, literature (Tyilo, 2017; Singh and Hardaker, 2017; Hadullo et al., 2017) highlights that such shift will be driven by three forces including change in student behaviour patterns, technological developments and economic pressure.

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