Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

5-2015

Abstract

Countries across the world have witnessed tremendous expansion of adult education and dramatic growth of adult learners. Moreover, with the growing importance of life-long learning, online learning has become a popular tool which is well received by adult learners. In order to enhance adult learners’ learning experience, we have conducted an exploratory research on online learning for adult learners to understand the challenges faced by them in their pursuit of higher education. The results suggest that technical trainings or preparations are needed prior to e-learning and infrastructure needs to be improved. The findings also emphasize on the importance of using localized examples and cases for class discussion.

Keywords

Adult learning, e-learning, higher education, Singapore

Discipline

Adult and Continuing Education | Asian Studies | Economics

Research Areas

Macroeconomics

Publication

International Journal of Information and Education Technology

Volume

5

Issue

5

First Page

348

Last Page

353

ISSN

2010-3689

Identifier

10.7763/IJIET.2015.V5.528

Publisher

IACSIT Press

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.7763/IJIET.2015.V5.528

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