E-Learning Implementation in Higher Education: Aspects of Infrastructure Development Challenges and Students Learning Approaches
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2017-11
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INSPIRE (International Conference for Process Improvement, Research and Education)At: Loughborough University, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Abstract
Successful implementation of e-learning in any field of study
depends largely on the development and deployment of learning
materials using the right infrastructure. In education, there is the
need to grant and have access to resources for enhanced learning that
would lead to acquisition of the right type of knowledge for gainful
employment in industries. E-Learning promotes individual and
flexible approach to learning through the use of the right type of
infrastructure to facilitate teaching, learning, research and the right
type of pedagogy. The infrastructure for e-learning deployment in
higher education in advanced countries seemed to be well
established compared to those available in developing nations. This
paper examines some of the challenges faced by education providers
in developing countries in infrastructure development and
deployment. These are compared to some of the instances in
advanced countries. We investigate the different approaches adopted
by students for learning from the perspectives of fully online and
blended modes. This paper presents some of the reasons given by
learners for engaging in online studies, and also report on suggested
ways of addressing the challenges faced by both the teachers and
learners in relation to infrastructure development and improvement
of education utilizing e-learning.
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