The Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) is a profile of several elearning specification to ensure the reusability and interoperability of elearning content in web based Learning Management Systems (LMSs). Learning grids learning environments built on the technology of grid services are a promising new approach to enhance quality of elearning by overcoming the page oriented structure...

Quality in education has been regognized as an issue that should guide our efforts for improvement for many years. eLearning is the latest attempt to take advantage of developments in technology to improve learning. In this paper, we discuss the possibility of establishing a theory of elearning, the value of design patterns, and the possible scenarios of implementation by higher education insti...

Das Ziel des Projektes WIESEL besteht in der Schaffung einer modularen und intelligenten, wissensbasierten eLearning-Lösung, auf deren Grundlage der Wissensaustausch und die Generierung neuen Wissens möglich werden. Durch die flexible Kopplung von Wissensmanagementund eLearning-Komponenten im Rahmen eines integrierten Systems wird das eigenverantwortliche, personalisierte und situationsbzw. pro...

This paper proposes a new usability evaluation checklist, UseLearn, and a related method for eLearning systems. UseLearn is a comprehensive checklist which incorporates both quality and usability evaluation perspectives in eLearning systems. Structural equation modeling is deployed to validate the UseLearn checklist quantitatively. The experimental results show that the UseLearn method supports...

This paper discusses culture, as a source of conflict than of synergy, how affects the use of elearning for pluralism to build a knowledge society. It also argues that the cultural dimensions of Geert Hofstede, who demonstrates that there are national and regional cultural groupings that affect the behavior of organizations, are very persistent across time. The main purpose of this paper is to ...

The title of this chapter could have been: where is the learning in eLearning? The promise of eLearning, and the enabling learning technologies, is to make learning experiences in all types of settings more effective, efficient, attractive and accessible to the learners. In eLearning the Internet is used as the core medium for the delivery of information and the support of communication. Most p...

Learning is a psychological experience one receives to make behavioral modifications to improve his/her capabilities while gaining knowledge or skills. Even though the traditional learning is a teachercentered pedagogical instruction, the modern learning framework is centered under a student-centered LMS and thus it is weak in cognitive, emotional, behavioral and social measures. Meanwhile, mor...

Today’s eLearning websites are heavily loaded with multimedia contents, which are often unstructured, unedited, unsynchronized, and lack inter-links among different multimedia components. Hyperlinking different media modality may provide a solution for quick navigation and easy retrieval of pedagogical content in media driven eLearning websites. In addition, finding meta-data information to des...