E-learning readiness is the “mental or physical preparedness of an organization for some e-learning experience or action” (Borotis & Poulymenakou, 2004, p. 1622).
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Critical Success Factors for E-Learning Adoption
Spiros Borotis (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece), Panagiotis Zaharias (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece), and Angeliki Poulymenakou (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece)
Copyright: © 2008
|Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-865-9.ch035
Abstract
e-Learning attracts considerable interest in contemporary corporate training curricula. As it concerns a considerable investment, organizations that tend to adopt and maintain it effectively and efficiently in the long term, need to learn from the pioneers. Authors’ experience and extensive literature review leaded to eleven critical success factors, which promise to increase the awareness towards the most common impediments. Those critical success factors include the alignment with business objectives, leadership, empowerment of the learning aspect, technological infrastructure, blended instruction, careful design, evaluation and feedback, time and space to learn, motivation to learn, usability, and complete knowledge of learners’ characteristics.