Welcome to the InfoSci Platform
Reference Hub5
eLearning: Challenges and Opportunities

eLearning: Challenges and Opportunities

Firoz Alam, Roger G. Hadgraft, Quamrul Alam
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 10
ISBN13: 9781466650114|ISBN10: 1466650117|EISBN13: 9781466650121
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5011-4.ch016
Cite Chapter Cite Chapter

MLA

Alam, Firoz, et al. "eLearning: Challenges and Opportunities." Using Technology Tools to Innovate Assessment, Reporting, and Teaching Practices in Engineering Education, edited by Firoz Alam, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 217-226. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5011-4.ch016

APA

Alam, F., Hadgraft, R. G., & Alam, Q. (2014). eLearning: Challenges and Opportunities. In F. Alam (Ed.), Using Technology Tools to Innovate Assessment, Reporting, and Teaching Practices in Engineering Education (pp. 217-226). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5011-4.ch016

Chicago

Alam, Firoz, Roger G. Hadgraft, and Quamrul Alam. "eLearning: Challenges and Opportunities." In Using Technology Tools to Innovate Assessment, Reporting, and Teaching Practices in Engineering Education, edited by Firoz Alam, 217-226. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5011-4.ch016

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite

Abstract

eLearning will revolutionise higher education in the next decade. Although this has likely been said regularly over the last 20 years, the widespread availability of mobile devices, ubiquitous wifi connections, and the globalisation of industry, driven by global networking infrastructure, will finally deliver the promises of learning anytime anywhere. This chapter reviews the most common forms of eLearning, both synchronous and asynchronous: recorded lectures, learning management systems, online assessment, blogs, and wikis are slowly transforming education towards a student-centred model of learning. The question remains: what is the university’s business model when students can collect their learning resources for free from iTunesU?

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.