Abstract

This paper describes a framework for the design of higher education learning and teaching (e-learning) environments. The framework has emerged from the author's doctoral research. The author, located at a regional, Australian university, collaborated with teachers from a polytechnic in Singapore to build the professional capacity of the group in the area of e-learning. The exploration of themes evident in the literature assisted in the creation of the design framework. Findings from the study which led to the design of the framework are briefly discussed and the principles and practices, which define that framework, are outlined. Implications for educators and educational institutions are discussed. It is an unrealistic expectation that a proposed framework is relevant to users in all educational environments, but it is anticipated that the framework could be applied to a wide variety of e-learning settings.

Citation

Reushle, S. (2006). A Framework for Designing Higher Education e-Learning Environments. In T. Reeves & S. Yamashita (Eds.), Proceedings of E-Learn 2006--World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (pp. 1405-1412). Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved September 21, 2017 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/23907/.

© 2006 AACE

Keywords

• e-learning environment
• e-learning environments
• higher education
• research methods