Retrieving Good Practices through Reviewing Past E-Learning Projects of Local Schools in Hong Kong

Diffusion of E-Learning Practice in an Educational Institution

International Journal of E-Adoption ◽

10.4018/jea.2010070101 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 1-13

Author(s):

Keith Thomas ◽

Paul Lam ◽

Annisa Ho

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Organizational Learning ◽

Knowledge Transfer ◽

Educational Institution ◽

Initial Design ◽

E Learning ◽

Initial Idea ◽

The Individual ◽

Learning Projects

Successful knowledge transfer or diffusion of e-learning practice goes beyond precursor incentives and anticipated rewards for the individual lecturer. It also involves wider enabling of learning attributes and cultural capabilities in an organization. This paper examines how some of these attributes and capabilities play out in an educational institution in the context of web-enabled technology. An organizational-learning model is used to examine diffusion of practices after initial design and development. This paper is based on a case study of eight course-level e-learning projects in a university based in Hong Kong. The study illustrates a number of issues and challenges for the wider uptake of the initial idea from the individual course to the programme and wider institution.

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Diffusion of E-Learning Practice in an Educational Institution

E-Adoption and Technologies for Empowering Developing Countries ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-0041-6.ch011 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 143-155

Author(s):

Keith Thomas ◽

Paul Lam ◽

Annisa Ho

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Organizational Learning ◽

Knowledge Transfer ◽

Educational Institution ◽

Initial Design ◽

E Learning ◽

Initial Idea ◽

The Individual ◽

Learning Projects

Successful knowledge transfer or diffusion of e-learning practice goes beyond precursor incentives and anticipated rewards for the individual lecturer. It also involves wider enabling of learning attributes and cultural capabilities in an organization. This paper examines how some of these attributes and capabilities play out in an educational institution in the context of web-enabled technology. An organizational-learning model is used to examine diffusion of practices after initial design and development. This paper is based on a case study of eight course-level e-learning projects in a university based in Hong Kong. The study illustrates a number of issues and challenges for the wider uptake of the initial idea from the individual course to the programme and wider institution.

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Integration in the Learning Process

Vocational Education ◽

10.53656/voc21-4.6int ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 23 (4) ◽

pp. 390-398

Author(s):

Neli Borcheva ◽

Keyword(s):

Learning Process ◽

Integrated Approach ◽

Process Orientation ◽

Good Practices ◽

Practical Orientation ◽

Innovative Schools ◽

Modern Learning ◽

E Learning

The article deals with the issue related to the use of the integrated approach and the integrated cross-curricular interaction in education. It focuses on its advantages for conducting a modern learning process, orientation to specific results and practical orientation of training. Issues of e-learning are addressed. Experiences and good practices of innovative schools in the implementation of integrated cross-curricular interaction are shared.

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Quality assurance in e-learning: PDPP evaluation model and its application

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning ◽

10.19173/irrodl.v13i3.1181 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 66 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Weiyuan Zhang ◽

Yau Ling Cheng

Keyword(s):

Quality Assurance ◽

Hong Kong ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Evaluation Model ◽

Product Evaluation ◽

Technical Support ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Learning Effectiveness ◽

Learning Support ◽

E Learning

<p>E-learning has become an increasingly important teaching and learning mode in educational institutions and corporate training. The evaluation of e-learning, however, is essential for the quality assurance of e-learning courses. This paper constructs a four-phase evaluation model for e-learning courses, which includes planning, development, process, and product evaluation, called the PDPP evaluation model. Planning evaluation includes market demand, feasibility, target student group, course objectives, and finance. Development evaluation includes instructional design, course material design, course Web site design, flexibility, student-student interaction, teacher/tutor support, technical support, and assessment. Process evaluation includes technical support, Web site utilization, learning interaction, learning evaluation, learning support, and flexibility. Product evaluation includes student satisfaction, teaching effectiveness, learning effectiveness, and sustainability. Using the PDPP model as a research framework, a purely e-learning course on Research Methods in Distance Education, developed by the School of Professional and Continuing Education at the University of Hong Kong (HKU SPACE) and jointly offered with the School of Distance Learning for Medical Education of Peking University (SDLME, PKU) was used as a case study. Sixty students from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Malaysia were recruited for this course. According to summative evaluation through a student e-learning experience survey, the majority of students were very satisfied/satisfied on all e-learning dimensions of this course. The majority of students thought that the learning effectiveness of this course was equivalent, even better, than face-to-face learning because of cross-border collaborative learning, student-centred learning, sufficient learning support, and learning flexibility. This study shows that a high quality of teaching and learning might be assured by using the systematic PDPP evaluation procedure. It is hoped that the PDPP evaluation model and its application can provide a benchmark for establishing a wider e-learning quality assurance mechanism in educational institutions.</p><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden" /><input id="jsProxy" onclick="if(typeof(jsCall)=='function'){jsCall();}else{setTimeout('jsCall()',500);}" type="hidden" /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden" /><input id="jsProxy" onclick="if(typeof(jsCall)=='function'){jsCall();}else{setTimeout('jsCall()',500);}" type="hidden" />

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