Institutional, Instructional, and Institutional, Instructional, and Learning Perspectives of E-Learning Perspectives of E-educationeducation

Hele-Mai HaavConcordia International University Estonia

and Institute of Cybernetics

Estonia

“I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn”

A. Einstein

A ProblemA Problem

Students cannot attend lectures scheduled by universities

They are

•too far from the classroom

•too busy to attend lectures

A SolutionA Solution

E-education -

teaching and learning using web-based technologies

Perspectives of E-educationPerspectives of E-education

• Institutional perspectives

• Instructional perspectives

• Learning perspectives

Institutional PerspectivesInstitutional Perspectives

Critical success factors of e-learning strategy

•Learner readiness

•Course readiness

•Institutional readiness

Instructional PerspectivesInstructional Perspectives

Design of an e-course

•choosing instructional model – instructor-centred– learner-centred– group-centred

•designing courseware•e-instruction

Learning PerspectivesLearning Perspectives

Benefits

•learner-centred

•anytime-anyplace availability

•fast feedback

Limitations

•lack of human touch

•effectiveness?

Virtual MBA program at CIUEVirtual MBA program at CIUE

offered since 1998offered since 1998

usingusing Lotus LearningSpace 2.5 Lotus LearningSpace 2.5

NumbersNumbers

• 27 courses

• 17 instructors

• 130 MBA, 6 Doctoral, and 65 baccalaureate students took at least one online course

• 50 % of MBA students combine virtual and classroom learning

Number of virtual and F2F classes

6

11

13

11

12

15

11

12

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002

virtualF2F

Number of ClassesNumber of Classes

• Institutional readiness– strategic goal– administrative procedures – infrastructure– resources– project-based management

• course readiness

• students readiness

• evaluation and quality control

Institutional PerspectivesInstitutional Perspectives

Students PerspectivesStudents Perspectives

Distribution of virtual MBA students by countries

Estonia49%

Latvia24%

Lithuania20%

Other7%

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Number of new virtual students per year

Students PerspectivesStudents Perspectives

Students PerspectivesStudents Perspectives

5 6 7 8 9 10

Student’s independency

Computer skills

Creativity

Student’s motivation

Good learning materials

Contact with teachers and other students

Student’s activity

Analytical thinking

Concordia

HigherSDLR

Total

Success factors

E. Hülp, Self-directed Learning in Web-based LearningEnvironment, Tallinn 2001

Students PerspectivesStudents Perspectives

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

absence of human contact

time planning

self-discipline

self-motivation

poor instructions from tutors

cover the learning material

understanding the learning material

follow the timetables and deadlines

HighSDLR

Concordia

Total

Limitations of e-learning

• E-instruction is a challenge

• time demanding process of preparation of e-courseware

• online communication

• independent on time and place

• training (not only software)

• e-learning software platform

Instructors’ PerspectivesInstructors’ Perspectives

Virtual Classroom Based on Lotus LearningSpace 2.5

• Schedule– course syllabus, contents, due dates

• MediaCenter– courseware (video, audio, images,

multimedia, links to web pages)

• CourseRoom– discussions, assignments, groupwork

• Profile + Portfolio

Assessments

Assessment Manager

• create quizzes, exams, and post to Schedule

• completed assessments are collected back for private review by the instructor

• graded assessment can be emailed back to the student

• repository of for test bank questions

• grade-book for class progress

Lessons LearnedLessons Learned

Making delivery of e-education a part of university’s strategic goal

Using easy-to-use course delivery platform Establishing fast and reliable Internet connection Teaching instructors as well as students how to

use new learning environment Providing excellent course content (teamwork,

discussions, assignments, assessments, ect) Providing resources to support development of e-

education in organization

Success FactorsSuccess Factors

ReferencesReferences

http://www.ciue.edu.ee/main.php?virtual.html

Username:Demo User

Password:password

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