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E-learning - the hype and the reality. (in Special Issue on Designing and Developing for the Disciplines)

E-learning - the hype and the reality. (in Special Issue on Designing and Developing for the Disciplines)
E-learning - the hype and the reality. (in Special Issue on Designing and Developing for the Disciplines)
This paper considers the increasing impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and the associated rise in e-learning as a recognised and respected research area. The paper provides a summary of some of the current research areas under investigation and provides a list of characteristics of the area. The paper goes on to consider the professional identities of researchers in the area and the tensions which have resulted in terms of aligning with this new emergent group of professionals within existing institutional structures.
E-learning, research methods, practitioners
Conole, Grainne
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Conole, Grainne
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Conole, Grainne (2004) E-learning - the hype and the reality. (in Special Issue on Designing and Developing for the Disciplines). Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2004 (12).

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This paper considers the increasing impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and the associated rise in e-learning as a recognised and respected research area. The paper provides a summary of some of the current research areas under investigation and provides a list of characteristics of the area. The paper goes on to consider the professional identities of researchers in the area and the tensions which have resulted in terms of aligning with this new emergent group of professionals within existing institutional structures.

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Published date: September 2004
Keywords: E-learning, research methods, practitioners

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Local EPrints ID: 9734
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/9734
PURE UUID: 05cd826c-d97c-44d5-8ca0-b082135209a1

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Date deposited: 06 Oct 2004
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 04:56

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Author: Grainne Conole

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