E-learning ecosystem (ELES) - A holistic approach for the development of more effective learning environment for small-and-medium sized enterprises (SMEs)

Proceedings of the 2007 Inaugural IEEE-IES Digital EcoSystems and Technologies Conference, DEST 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 420-425

  Chang, Vanessa ^a   Guetl, Christian ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

e learning; e learning ecosystem; e learning model; Ecosystem; Learning ecosystem; SMEs

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

E-LEARNING ECOSYSTEM (ELES); LEARNING ECOSYSTEM (LES); RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT; SMALL-AND-MEDIUM SIZED ORGANISATIONS (SME);

E-LEARNING;

EID: 34748820005     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DEST.2007.372010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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