Implementation of e-learning portal for academic education and lifelong learning
Magdalena Roszak, Barbara Kołodziejczak, Wojciech Kowalewski, Anna Ren Kurc · International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning · 2016
Distance education is entering the area of university education with increasing strength, particularly including lifelong learning. Distance education requires a well-structured organisation and resource management tools, namely an e-learning portal. Universities which are still at the beginning of the portal implementation process may encounter numerous technical and organisational issues. This article was created with a view of educational centres in which the portal is implemented with scarce financial resources by several academic employees having little experience in the field. The authors point to several key issues, such as: analysis of the school's needs in terms of distance education server resources, choice of portal in terms of technology, supported standards or functions necessary for proper course and lastly, user management. The article also mentions the often-underestimated aspect of portal management. The authors further present the capabilities of computational clouds, their deployment in the academic environment and their use in distance learning. Such a solution is extremely rare, particularly in Eastern and Central European countries.