the successful adoption of e-learning systems is mainly dependent on the learners’ attitude and willingness to use them. this survey was conducted to investigate agricultural extension workers’ attitudes toward using e-learning for on-the-job training in iran and factors which affect it. using the stratified sampling technique a sample of 379 extension workers were selected from six provinces. ...

Collaborative learning has proven to be a successful method in traditional classroom settings. Computersupported collaborative learning (CSCL) is regarded a new paradigm in educational technology. Nevertheless, in the context of infrastructures for lifelong learning little attention is paid to collaboration. In this paper we provide an analysis of lifelong learning with respect to collaborative...

Early April 2008 an Open Workshop was organized by the EU 6th Framework Integrated Project TENCompetence. The objective of the workshop was to identify and analyze current research and technologies in the fields that provide design guidelines and evidence for powerful interfaces, interaction and navigation support, and tailor-made competence development opportunities for individual learners, te...

Adaptive Web-based learning environments will play a vital role in the future development of standards-based national learning infrastructures. The importance of such infrastructures will escalate as nations increasingly integrate technology into their educational systems. The usefulness of these learning environments in both technical and pedagogical terms is incalculable. Educational systems,...

Making learning objects available is critical to reuse learning resources. Making content transparently available and providing added value to different stakeholders is among the goals of the European Commission's eContentPlus programme. This article analyses standards and protocols relevant for making learning objects accessible in distributed data provider networks. Types of metadata associat...

today, identification of necessary infrastructures is very important for creating innovation in organizations. infrastructures were studies separately in previous studies, but the present study investigated the direct and indirect effect of social capital and transformational leadership on innovation performance regarding the mediating role of knowledge management and organizational learning th...