Globalisasi membawa perubahan teknologi kepada masyarakat. Ledakan maklumat dan
keupayaan hebat teknologi terutamanya kuasa digital dan pengkomputeran telah mencabar
sistem pendidikan termasuk teori pembelajaran untuk turut berubah. Kini konsep ruang siber
dan universiti maya menyediakan persekitaran pembelajaran secara jarak jauh atau atas talian
(online) melalui World Wide Web (WWW) dengan bantuan alat teknologi maklumat dan
komunikasi. Alatan ini merupakan simulasi yang membolehkan pelajar mengalami
pengalaman pembelajaran sebenar dan dapat berinteraksi dengan individu lain tanpa perlu
bersemuka. Kemudahan ini menjadi agen sosialisasi terbaik yang menuntut individu sentiasa
mengemaskini ilmu, pengetahuan dan kemahiran di sepanjang hayat mereka. Namun kajian
mendapati ia masih lagi mempunyai isu dan cabaran yang perlu ditangani dengan bijak.
Kertas konsep ini meneroka peranan dan cabaran e-pembelajaran menerusi internet terhadap
pembelajaran sepanjang hayat orang dewasa. (Abstrak oleh penulis)

Globalisation brings technological changes to people. The huge amount of information and
the power of technology especially the digital power and computerisation have threatened
the education system including the educational theories to go along with the changes. Now
the concepts of cyberspace and virtual university provide distance learning environment or
online learning via World Wide Web (WWW) empowerd by information and communication
technology. These tools are helpful simulations which enable students to feel the real
learning experience dan enable them to interact with each other virtually. These facilities
have became the best socialisation agents which require students to update their knowledge
dan skills through a lifelong learning. But several research findings showed that there are
issues and challenges that need to be handled intelligently. This concept paper is to explore
the role and challenges of e-learning via the internet on the lifelong learning especially to
adult education. (Abstarct by authors)

The internet is changing the way we live and education has always played an important part in shaping our lives. It is now time for education to capitalise on the Internet’s capabilities to create a new learning environment for tomorrow’s students.
The Online Educator provides much needed straightforward advice on how to create a web-based education system.

This special issue gives an idea of how some organisations are addressing the issue of e-learning @ the workplace. This issue is the outcome of a call for papers that asked authors to explore the capacity of e-learning for strengthening corporate performance and building competitive advantage in the present-day workplace and to consider the extent to which the utilisation of technology can enhance the learning process and provide practitioners with the leverage to manage knowledge for organisational gain. Papers that are conceptual or empirical, case-study-based, or based on sector-wide-analyses are provided. The papers underwent a careful selection and review process, and those presented here are “academic” in terms of rigour, but “approachable” in terms of readability and practical content.

The word ‘blended’ is not particularly scientific, or even academic. In fact, you might feel that it sounds rather more like an entry from a recipe book. At the same time, it is currently widely in use by practitioners in both academic and commercial sectors, and I believe it has some good common-sense value in bringing to the fore the wide variety and richness of situations in which learning takes place. It can encourage us to stop and think about the whole context of teaching and learning, so that we remember the human element in tutorials, or perhaps incidents such as chance meetings in the corridor, as critical parts of the package alongside any technology-mediated intervention with a group. (Extract from Blended Learning and Online Tutoring : A Good Practice Guide )

The article offers an analysis on the emergence of for-profit electronic learning providers in Asia. It states that the accelerating roll-out of technology, the availability of advanced learning management systems, and the high growth rates of Internet usage are some of the factors that have prompted the expansion of e-learning providers. It also mentions that many people recognize the fact that for-profit providers better meet the rapidly changing educational needs in the society. It further features some of the successful e-learning providers in Asia including the Hartford Holdings and Kenichi Ohmae Graduate School of Business. (Academic Source Premier)