E-learning Globalization : The impact of E-learning - what difference has it made.

Cover -- Editorial advisory board -- Guest editorial -- Barriers and enablers to adoption and diffusion of eLearning -- Using e-learning to support international students' dissertation preparation -- A study on the validity of a four-variant diagnostic learning styles questionnaire -- E-learning portal for professional development in cancer care -- Temporal experiences of e-learning by distance learners -- Blended learning: making an impact on assessment and self-reflection in accounting education -- Enhancing the impact of online simulations through blended learning -- Informal e-learning: the case of small business owners -- A framework for investigating blended learning effectiveness.

The ubiquity of information and communication technology in the past two decades or so, and the more recent growth in the use of mobile wireless devices, has transformed various aspects of daily life for many people worldwide. It is therefore unsurprising that such technologies would also find their way into transforming various aspects of education and training. What may be surprising is that, even though forms of computer assisted learning have been used for over 40 years, educators and trainers can still find themselves grappling with relatively basic issues of defining the way this transformation occurs, or indeed if and how it should occur. Although there are many other terms in use, such as blended learning, hybrid learning, technology enhanced learning and so on, the term e-learning is the one used for the title and focus of this special edition ebook as it can be seen to encompass all aspects of learning using all aspects of electronic technologies. While some definitional issues may appear in some of the papers in this special issue, the overall focus of this ebook is to move the debate forward from such more basic matters. In particular, while we recognise that there is a significant body of literature which has espoused the effective construction of e-learning pedagogy and programmes in the previous decade, the focus of this special edition is to provide evidence to support the proposition that e-learning has been a beneficial and transformational innovation. Therefore, this ebook considers issues of impact rather than issues of definition. At its inception, one of the proposed benefits of e-learning was seen to be its ability to educate and train learners at a distance. Thus this ebook has also sought to consider issues of impact in terms of the globalization of e-learning.

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