Tehničko veleučilište u Zagrebu · Zagreb

The diffusionist-evolutionist model of e-learning development

izvorni znanstveni rad

izvorni znanstveni rad

The diffusionist-evolutionist model of e-learning development

Vrsta prilog u časopisu
Tip izvorni znanstveni rad
Godina 2012
Časopis Journal of Baltic science education
Nadređena publikacija Journal of Baltic Science Education
Volumen 11
Svesčić 1
Stranice str. 67-77
ISSN 1648-3898
EISSN 2538-7138
Status objavljeno

Sažetak

This paper explores development of the discipline of e-learning. It develops the evolutionist model of e-learning development and compares it with the diffusionist model of e-learning development. Using transdisciplinary research methodology, it develops the diffusionist-evolutionist model of e-learning development. The diffusionist aspect of the model concentrates to practical issues such as introducing e-learning into educational institutions. The evolutionist aspect of the model concentrates to theoretical issues such as comparative studies of historical developments. On such basis, the diffusionist-evolutionist model provides a single practical framework for describing small-scale and large-scale e-learning development. Following methodological restrictions, the diffusionist-evolutionist model does not reflect any natural principle. As a research principle, it only aims at improving our current descriptions of e-learning development.

Ključne riječi

diffusion of innovations; diffusionism; e-learning development; evolutionism; transdisciplinary research.