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Informing Science + IT Education Conference 2003 Proceedings
| Informing Science + IT Education Conference |
| Pori, Finland June 24-27, 2003 |
| An Evaluation into the Role of Online learning in Enhancing the Delivery of an eBusiness related |
| Evelyn McLellan and Mark Stansfield |
| University of Paisley, Scotland |
| University of Paisley, Scotland |
| Within many educational institutions across the world, the delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate courses is |
| being facilitated by online learning technologies. The development and transformation of aca-demic courses for |
| online learning delivery provides a number of opportunities for both the academic in-stitution and prospective |
| students. However, there are a number of important issues that need to be ad-dressed if online learning is to |
| contribute to the educational experience of the student in a positive way and actually enhance teaching and |
| learning as compared with more traditional face-to-face delivery. This paper describes the process of transforming |
| a Masters course in the Management of eBusiness of-fered by the University of Paisley from a distance learning to |
| an online distance learning course. The paper will identify the main educational theories that informed and |
| influenced the development of the online course as well as identify the main lessons learnt from evaluating the |
| course which has now been running for a number of years. The lessons learnt will be of interest to many people |
| involved in the de-velopment and running of online learning courses. |
| Keywords: Online learning, deep learning, strategic learning, eBusiness, learner participation |
ISSN
1535-07-03
Unless otherwise indicated, this paper has undergone blind external review by three or more reviewers.
Types of Papers: A Best Paper, Regular Paper, Short Paper, Informal Paper,
Unrefereed Panel Paper
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