An Analysis of European Megaproviders of E-Learning: Recommendations for Robustness and Sustainability

View Sample PDF

Author(s): Morten Flate Paulsen (The Norwegian School of Information Technology, Norway)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 20
Source title: Institutional Transformation through Best Practices in Virtual Campus Development: Advancing E-Learning Policies
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mark Stansfield (University of the West of Scotland, UK)and Thomas Connolly (University of the West of Scotland, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-358-6.ch009

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Virtual Learning Environments

Purchase

View An Analysis of European Megaproviders of E-Learning: Recommendations for Robustness and Sustainability on the publisher's website for pricing and purchasing information.

Abstract

This chapter presents an analysis of 26 European megaproviders of e-learning which had more than 100 courses or 5000 course enrolments in 2005. The focus is on distance education provision, not on e-learning for on-campus students. Among the megaproviders, which represent eleven countries, there are eight distance education institutions, 13 universities and university consortia, and five corporate training providers. Five institutions started e-learning in the eighties, ten in the nineties and eleven after the turn of the century. The largest provider, Learn Direct, claimed to have 400,000 course enrolments in 2005. However, only six of the 26 reported to have more than 20,000 course enrolments. Among these six top ranked institutions none are universities, only corporate training providers and distance education institutions. The chapter concludes with the 27 recommendations extracted from the analyses to help institutions obtain robustness and sustainability in online education.

The IRMA Community

Research IRM

An Analysis of European Megaproviders of E-Learning: Recommendations for Robustness and Sustainability

Purchase

Abstract

Related Content

IRMA Sponsors