As more institutions of higher education confront budget cuts and financial crisis, open source Learning Management Systems become increasingly attractive, providing cost effective and efficient alternatives to commercial Learning Management Systems. This interpretive case study investigates the implementation and adoption of an open source based LMS at an university located in California. The ...

Economics is the science of scarcity. The application of health economics reflects a universal desire to obtain maximum value for money by ensuring not just the clinical effectiveness, but also the cost-effectiveness of healthcare provision. G Achieving 'value for money' implies either a desire to achieve a predetermined objective at least cost or a desire to maximise the benefit to the populat...

Mit dem zunehmenden Einsatz von E-Learning-Plattformen rücken verstärkt Wirtschaftlichkeitsaspekte in den Betrachtungsmittelpunkt, die Methoden zur Ermittlung systembedingter Servicekosten voraussetzen. Zu diesem Zweck wird eine dienstorientierte Adaption des TCO-Modells in Form der Total Cost of Services (TCS) vorgeschlagen. Zur administrativen Unterstützung von Lehrund Lernprozessen werden Le...