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- Both Korean and Australian
governments have made conscious efforts to provide the information
and communications technology infrastructure and funding required
to promote and support e-learning in educational institutions
and enterprises.
- E-learning provides immediate
access to a wide array of resources and reference materials to assist
in learning. It provides increased flexibility and opportunities
for individuals who have historically found it difficult to access
regular
training and qualifications because of conflicting family, work
and other commitments.
- However, availability
of resources and financial incentives on their own will not ensure
that individuals and enterprises will engage in e-learning. There
is also a need to motivate learners, teachers and trainers to engage
with e-learning by promoting its benefits, and providing them with
the skills and resources they will require for effective participation.
In Korea the availability of government incentives to
enterprises should also be accompanied by a streamlining of accountability
processes.
- There are common teaching/learning
issues for Australian learners, teachers and trainers and their
Korean counterparts. These mainly relate to motivation to engage
with the
technology, development of skills in using the technology, and access
to timely assistance.
- Administrators
in educational institutions should also acknowledge the considerable
amount of time it takes teachers to develop and maintain relevant,
suitable, accurate and up-to-date, web-based learning and assessment
resources, and provide timely and appropriate feedback to students.
This time should be accurately reflected in teacher work schedules
and working conditions.
- The
costs associated with the production of customised or commercially
produced learning materials can be significant. However, in Korea
the costs are further exacerbated by the need for all materials
from other countries to
be translated into Korean.
- Australia has in place formal standards
for dealing with copyright and privacy issues. Such concerns have
yet to be addressed in Korea.
- E-learning used in isolation
is not widely observed in Korea and Australia. Both e-learning and
traditional learning approaches can and will continue to exist
side by side as viable learning approaches.
The real challenge is to ensure that each can enhance the other
to provide learning that meets the needs of individuals and organisations.
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