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Rüth, Marco ORCID: 0000-0002-9923-002X and Kaspar, Kai ORCID: 0000-0002-5092-6798 (2017). The E-Learning Setting Circle: First Steps Toward Theory Development in E-Learning Research. Electron. J. E-Learn., 15 (1). S. 94 - 104. NR READING: ACAD CONFERENCES & PUBL INT LTD. ISSN 1479-4403

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Abstract

E-learning projects and related research generate an increasing amount of evidence within and across various disciplines and contexts. The field is very heterogeneous as e-learning approaches are often characterized by rather unique combinations of situational factors that guide the design and realization of e-learning in a bottom-up fashion. Comprehensive theories of e-learning that allow deductive reasoning and hence a more top-down strategy are missing so far, but they are highly desirable. In view of the current situation, inductive reasoning is the prevalent way of scientific progress in e-learning research and the first step toward theory development: individual projects provide the insights necessary to gradually build up comprehensive theories and models. In this context, comparability and generalizability of project results are the keys to success. Here we propose a new model - the E-Learning Setting Circle - that will promote comparability and generalizability of project results by structuring, standardizing, and guiding e-learning approaches at the level of a general research methodology. The model comprises three clusters - context setting, structure setting, and content setting - each of which comprises three individual issues that are not necessarily sequential but frequently encountered in e-learning projects. Two further elements are incorporated: on the one hand, we delineate the central role of objective setting and the assessment of the goal attainment level (guiding element); on the other hand, we highlight the importance of multi-criteria decision-making (universal element). Overall, the proposed circular model is a strategic framework intended to foster theory development in the area of e-learning projects and research.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Rüth, Marco marco.rueth@uni-koeln.de orcid.org/0000-0002-9923-002X UNSPECIFIED Kaspar, Kai UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-5092-6798 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-234938
Journal or Publication Title:	Electron. J. E-Learn.
Volume:	15
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 94 - 104
Date:	2017
Publisher:	ACAD CONFERENCES & PUBL INT LTD
Place of Publication:	NR READING
ISSN:	1479-4403
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Human Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Psychologie Weitere Institute, Arbeits- und Forschungsgruppen > Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für empirische LehrerInnen- und Unterrichtsforschung (IZeF)
Subjects:	Psychology Education
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language VIRTUAL-REALITY; EDUCATION; MODEL; QUALITY Multiple languages Education & Educational Research Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/23493