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    E-learning

    E-learning (or electronic learning or eLearning) encompasses forms of technology-enhanced learning (TEL) or very specific types of TEL such as online or Web-based learning. Nevertheless, the term does not have a universally accepted definition"Dublin, L. 2003">
    Dublin, L. (2003). If You Only Look Under the Street Lamps... Or Nine e-Learning Myths. The eLearning Developers Journal, 1-7.
    and there are divides in the e-learning industry about whether a technology-enhanced system can be called e-learning if there is no set pedagogy as some argue e-learning is: "pedagogy empowered by digital technology"
    Nichols, M. (2008). . E-Primer Series.
    .

    The term e-learning is ambiguous to those outside the e-learning industry, and even within its diverse disciplines it has different meanings to different people "Dublin, L. 2003"/>. For instance in companies, it often refers to the strategies that use the company network to deliver training courses to employees and lately in most Universities, e-learning is used to define a specific mode to attend a course or programmes of study where the students rarely or never meet face-to-face, nor access on-campus educational facilities, because they study online.

    Goals and benefits of e-learning
    E-Learning can provide for major benefits for the organizations and individuals involved.

    #Improved performance: A 12-year meta-analysis of research by the U.S. Department of Education found that higher education students in online learning generally performed better than those in face-to-face courses.
    #Increased access: Instructors of the highest calibre can share their knowledge across borders, allowing students to attend courses across physical, political, and economic boundaries. Recognized experts have the opportunity of making information available internationally, to anyone interested at minimum costs. For example, the MIT OpenCourseWare program has made substantial portions of that universitys curricul read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-learning

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