Designing capacity-building in e-learning expertise: Challenges and strategies

Aczel, J. C.; Peake, S. R. and Hardy, P. (2008). Designing capacity-building in e-learning expertise: Challenges and strategies. Computers and Education, 50(2), pp. 499–510.

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DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link:	http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2007.07.005
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Abstract

This research study looks at how organizations in developing countries perceive the challenge of building capacity in e-learning expertise. Data was collected on six such organizations, and a range of perceived rationales and constraints were identified. The paper hypothesizes a four-part framework to define the e-learning capacity gaps that these circumstances appear to represent: the 'instructional design capacity gap', the 'production capacity gap', the 'tutorial capacity gap' and the 'community building gap'. The framework is used to re-examine the data to explore the ways in which the organizations' e-learning activities might constitute strategic responses to the hypothesized capacity gaps.

Item Type:	Journal Article
ISSN:	0360-1315
Keywords:	ICT for development; Distance education and telelearning; Learning communities; Pedagogical issues;
Academic Unit/Department:	Institute of Educational Technology Mathematics, Computing and Technology > Design, Development, Environment and Materials
Interdisciplinary Research Centre:	Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET)
Item ID:	12571
Depositing User:	James Aczel
Date Deposited:	10 Dec 2008 08:28
Last Modified:	20 Jan 2011 15:47
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/12571

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