This report summarises the main findings of a research project on how e-learning can help to improve adults’ literacy, language and numeracy skills.

The organisational factors that prevent employees from converting e-Learning into business achievement can be boiled down to five key principles. We call these principles the 5As, and together they make up the 5As Framework.

Everything you need to succeed in the wild and wooly world of mobile learning and e–learning, and hybrid college, K–12 and career courses. By Susan Smith Nash

It is amazing how few online course providers, colleges and universities provide a simple checklist of things that you should do to maximize the possibilities of your success in an online course or program.

Even though you have completed your online course orientation, and have read all the material your provider has given you on online courses, you may still have a few questions about the way things work. Here is a list of activities and pointers for being successful with your online course.

Speech to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce
9 March 2010
 
Good morning – it’s a real pleasure to be here.
This is my first speech as Minister of Tertiary Education – I’m going to give you an overview of where we’re coming from, and focus in on one or two areas of particular interest right now.
First I’ll take [...]

The report provides a framework of the diverse e-Learner profiles found throughout the tertiary sector, taking into account: Demographics. Learning orientations (learning styles). Readiness for e-Learning, and Experience of and attitudes to e-Learning.

This report was commissioned by the Ministry and undertaken by Massey University in collaboration with the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand and Otago Polytechnic.

Now, more than ever, industry has an opportunity to develop the people they already have in a way that is cost effective, and highly customised. E-learning provides an ideal means of addressing specific skill shortages. Employers who are serious about taking charge of their own future, and proactively addressing the barriers which are preventing profitability and growth without waiting for others to act, should be grabbing e-learning with both hands.

The relationship between organisation culture and learning is a critical one. The same considerations extend to elearning specifically. In the New Zealand context elearning is still a relatively new phenomenon. Many organisations, and their people, will not have had widespread exposure to elearning provision. This places even greater importance on understanding how organisation culture and elearning depend upon, strengthen and influence each other.

Fortunately as elearning has evolved it has become clear that technology is a vehicle for learning, an opportunity to enable collaboration over distance, and can enhance the learning experience – but is NOT a substitute for skilled facilitation.

The recommended reading for this week describes a framework for effective virtual facilitation. This is a useful overview which gives a sense of what good online facilitation means. The approaches described here, are the best practise approaches we use ourselves.