This paper draws on current research and analyzes participant interactions in a 12-week leadership online training course with students from 14 Latin American countries. The paper systematizes the experience of the Inter-American Institute for Social Development (INDES) and constitutes a case...

This paper studies the effects of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the school environment on educational achievement. To quantify these effects, the impact is evaluated of a project run by the municipality of Guayaquil, Ecuador, which provides computer-aided instruction in...

Resumen: Este artículo recoge los resultados de una investigación para definir e identificar modelos de aplicación del e-learning, sus elementos y características y la forma de medir su impacto. Se basa en una revisión bibliográfica que analiza las últimas aportaciones, las clasifica y...

The corporate social responsibility (CSR) has a century long history, and even if there were tones of papers written about, the topic of social responsibility becomes even more attractive to specialists. Regardless the organization type, for profit or not for profit, CSR is a reality and a...

Open educational resources in e-learning are the future source of information for lifelong learners. Open source and open standards are defined as the basis of the "Open educational resource movement" that is beginning to form on a global level in the last decade. The characteristics of the OS...

The formal educational system is facing different problems regarding adaptation towards the needs of a modern knowledge society. In the article, two important and comprehensive challenges to today's formal educational system are discussed and commented upon. The first problem is the incoherence...

The NAUK group (Advanced Learning Blocks group; http://www.nauk.si) is engaged in the development of theoretical and practical concepts of ICT use in all levels of education. Recently, the proposed introduction of electronic textbooks (e-textbooks) has become a major topic nationwide in...

The development of information and telecommunications technology has been a breakthrough in the economy and social life. Both modern and traditional sectors of the economy rely on ICT to manufacture new or much improved products and to modify and improve various types of services, e.g....

FISH!NET“.....It is clear that the experimental probability of attaining higher learning outcomes is greater in the online environment than in the face-to-face environment. This probability is increasing over time” (Shachar & Neumann, 2010, p.153)While there is increasing evidence to support...

The paper presents an analysis of the basic models of distance education, types of organizational structures and technologies of online education, identifies key areas relevant to the development of modern distance education. Conceptual bases defined distance education system, current problems...