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Acceptance of our article about "Effectiveness of E-Learning Systems" in the "Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education"
[21.10.2015]Special Issue "Identifying and Managing Critical Success Factors of Online Education"
We are pleased about the acceptance of our article "The Effectiveness of E-Learning Systems: A Review of the Empirical Literature on Learner Control" in the Journal "Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education (DSJIE)". Christian Sorgenfrei and Professor Stefan Smolnik are co-Authors. The article will appear in the next month’s Special Issue "Identifying and Managing Critical Success Factors of Online Education".
Christian Sorgenfrei, Stefan Smolnik: The Effectiveness of E-Learning Systems: A Review of the Empirical Literature on Learner Control
Summary: E-learning systems are changing education and organizational training considerably. With the advancement of online-based learning systems, learner control over the instructional process has emerged as a decisive factor in technology-based forms of learning. However, conceptual work on the role of learner control in e-learning has not advanced sufficiently to predict how autonomous learning impacts e-learning effectiveness. To extend the research on the role of learner control in e-learning and to examine its impact on e-learning effectiveness, we review 54 empirical articles on learner control during the period 1996-2013. We then apply our findings to derive a conceptual framework as a reference model to illustrate how learner control affects e- learning effectiveness. Our findings provide new insights into the role and different dimensions of learner control in e-learning, and reveal the implication for learning processes and learning outcomes.
