Why E-learning as it stands is not enough

• Main Authors: Kulathuramaiyer, Narayanan, Maurer, Hermann
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2011
• Subjects: AC Collections. Series. Collected works; L Education (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1688/1/why%2Be-learning%2Bas%2Bit%2Bstands%2Bis%2Bnot%2Benough%2528abstract%2529.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1688/; http://ir.unimas.my/1688/1/why%2Be-learning%2Bas%2Bit%2Bstands%2Bis%2Bnot%2Benough%2528abstract%2529.pdf

E-Learning today has become widely accepted as a means of information and knowledge access and sharing for many learning applications. Despite the extensive growth E-learning systems and contents, it has to be noted that there are still many shortcomings that has led us to ask the question: Is E-Learning as it stands enough? E-Learning as it stands today is far from being assimilated fully into everything that we do. To make things worse, the age of Google is further challenging E-Learning, through the emergence of phenomena such as Google Copy Paste Syndrome, the flattening of expertise, short-spanned learner focus and the emerging culture of mediocrity. The full symbolic power of the emerging Web dragons together with emerging social trends is expected to challenge E-Learning much more in future. This paper then highlights the extent of influence of global Data Mining companies on the current and future E-Learning. A personalized localized control scenario is given to serve as an ideal for making E-Learning to become enough for its envisaged purpose.