Resumen de E-Learning: Learning Led and Technology Enabled
Ian Maxwell, Iain Doherty, Nick Jones
Organizations worldwide now recognise that eLearning can: improve the efficiency and effectiveness of teaching and learning; provide necessary flexibility to the teaching and training process, lower teaching and training costs; and significantly enhance the learning outcomes. In particular, the rapidly emerging economies in the Asia Pacific region are showing a great deal of interest in adopting eLearning as a means to accelerate educational and corporate skill levels. For many of these countries, education and work force training are becoming a major limiting factor in moving economic growth towards more knowledge based industries. The adoption of successful eLearning solutions is therefore likely to play a key role in these countries in the near future. The University of Auckland in New Zealand was one of the first tertiary institutions in the world to develop a web based eLearning platform. Over a period of some 10 years considerable experience has been gained in implementing eLearning solutions across all the faculties of the University. Further, some applications of eLearning in New Zealand and Se Asia will be demonstrated to exemplify the solutions approach to successful eLearning. The experience and technology platform of Auckland University in the field of eLearning is now being offered into Thailand and the Asia Pacific region through a spinout company called eLearnings Asia Pacific Ltd.
