A Tool for Determining e-Learning Readiness (SpringerBriefs in Educational Communications and Technology)

✍ Scribed by Cathy James-Springer

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2021
Tongue: English
Leaves: 117
Edition: 1st ed. 2021
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book presents a tool to determine e-learning readiness in workplace organizations. It offers a case study of the design and development process and outlines factors to be taken into account to determine e-learning readiness. It details the four objectives of this tool: to highlight specific parameters for determining e-learning readiness, to provide a systematic process to determine the readiness of an organization, to enable flexibility for the environmental context, and to capture the interrelatedness of the many areas in the organization. Next, it discusses the main element of the tool: surveys that are used to facilitate collection of data on organizational, learner and technology readiness. The book concludes with a look at practical ways of using the information gathered from the data produced.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
References
Contents
About the Authors
Chapter 1: Introduction
Introduction
Organization of the Book
References
Chapter 2: e-Learning Readiness
Introduction
Defining e-Learning
Defining e-Learning Readiness
Why Is Determining e-Learning Readiness Important?
References
Chapter 3: Tool Design
Introduction
Tool Development as Design and Development Research
Analysis
Analysis One
Aydın and Tasci (2005)
Borotis and Poulymenakou (2004)
Chapnick (2000)
Psycharis (2005)
Summary Across Models
Analysis Two
Analysis Three
Organizational Environment
Human Resources and Capacity
Technology and Practice
The Role of Context
Design and Development
Evaluation
References
Chapter 4: Structure of the Tool
Introduction
e-Learning Adoption as a System
Tool Structure
Part 1: The Surveys
Part 2: Final Checklist, Including Recommendations
References
Chapter 5: Organizational Environment Readiness
The Organizational Environment
Organizational Goals
Leadership and Management Support
Learning Culture and the Learning Organization
Finance
Survey A: Organizational Environment Readiness
References
Chapter 6: Human Resource and Capacity Readiness
Human Resource Dimensions
Human Resources as a Department
Human Resources as Capacity
Human Resource and Learners
Survey B: Human Resource and Capacity Survey
References
Chapter 7: Technology and Practice Readiness
Technology Readiness
The Information Technology (IT) Department
Infrastructure
IT and the User
Integration Concerns
Survey C: Technology and Practice
References
Chapter 8: Learner Readiness
Learner Characteristics and Skills
What Are the Characteristics of a Good E-Learner?
What Special Technical Skills Should an E-Learner Have?
Survey D: Learner Readiness
References
Chapter 9: How to Use the e-Learning Readiness Tool
Introduction
Using the e-Learning Readiness Tool
Survey and Checklists
How to Use the Tool
How to Use the Data from Surveys
Reflecting on the Outcomes
Reference
Chapter 10: Implications of Using the Tool
Introduction
Implications of Decisions for Content Design
Reference
Chapter 11: Challenges and Future Opportunities
The External Context and e-Learning Readiness
Further Research in e-Learning Readiness
References
Appendix A
Final Checklist and Recommendations
Organizational Environment Support
Final Checklist and Recommendations
Human Resources and Learner Readiness
Final Checklist and Recommendations
Technology
Appendix B: Recommendations
Recommendations for the Organizational Environment Based on the Literature Review
Recommendations for Human Resource and Capacity Based on the Literature Review
Recommendations for Technology and Practice Based on the Literature Review
Index

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