Embracing

e-learning

...enabling the future...

e-Learning - Move forward!

As an organization the only direction

that we can go is move forward. In

order to do that we cannot overlook

online education and e-learning.

This is the perfect time to prepare

our organization correctly and utilize

all the tools that e-learning has to

offer us in order for us to continue to

be successful.

Let’s all embrace this new effort and

the benefits will be evident to the

teachers, the learners and everyone

involved.

A quick reference guide to

online learning and the types of

e-learning available

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Types of e-learning

There are four types of e-learning as described by

Broadbent (2002): Informal, Self-paced, Leader-

Led and Performance Support Tools.

1. Informal: The ability of a learner to access a

website or online material

2. Self-Paced: When learners are able to access

Computer Based Training (CBT) material or

Web Based Training (WBT) material using

their own learning pace.

3. Leader-Led: Learners can access asynchro-

nous or synchronous material online facilitated

by an instructor or a leader.

4. Performance Support Tools: All the online

material that a learner can access in order to

achieve their goal.

Important Conclusions Online education is a very concept that accommo-

dates traditional method of teaching. It comes to

supplement everything that we knew about teach-

ing so far.

E-learning and it’s four types is an excellent way to

begin thinking about adopting it in the organiza-

tion.

The best way to consider is by examining the pos-

sibilities that each of these types gives and incorpo-

rate a blend of it, to create the best suited way of

delivering it for the organization.

The most important thing everyone must under-

As Palloff and Pratt (2001) quote from the

website of Blackboard, online education is

defined as “an approach to teaching and

learning that utilizes

Internet technolo-

gies to communicate

and collaborate in

an educational con-

text. This includes

technology that sup-

plements traditional classroom training with

web-based components and learning environ-

ments where the educational process is ex-

perienced online”. A very important defini-

tion considering the fact that we are trying to

adjust online education and more specifically

e-learning to the needs of our organization.

stand is that e-learning is here to complement

education as we know it. It can be adjusted to

any situation as long as we are able to plan it

correctly and with the help of the necessary

training apply it to our teachers and learners in

the best possible way so that the organization

benefits the most of it.

There are numerous success stories out there

of successful implementation of e-learning,

why can’t our organization be one to. Let’s all

embrace e-learning and

lead our organization to

the future based on the

strong foundations that

we have set so far

References

Broadbent, B. (2002) ABCs of e-learning: Reaping the benefits and

avoiding the pitfalls. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.

ISBN: 0787959103

Palloff, R., & Pratt, K. (2001) Lessons from the cyberspace class-

room: The realities of online teaching. San Francisco,

CA: Jossey-Bass. ISBN: 0787955191

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Online Education