E-Learning in China

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This paper defines e-training, or e-learning, as the delivery of information by means of electronic media by making use of various techniques such as the Internet, intranet, extranet, Ethernet, teleconferencing or audio conferencing, video conferencing, cable networks, broadcast by satellites, interactive television, and CD-ROM. Furthermore, e-training also can be defined as an extension in learning by means of technological networks, which are designed to deliver and administer information. The author, after an extensive review of research methodology, selects a quantitative data collection instrument, a structured questionnaire using a Likert scale. The paper relates that, in spite of the fact that e-training is renowned in the world as the best tool for training organizational employees in a very short span of time with much less cost than incurred before, the employees in this study are skeptical about e-training's overall effectiveness.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Research Statement
Importance of the Study
Rationale of the Study
Scope of the Study
Definition E-Training
Overview of the Study
Literature Review
Introduction
E-learning
E-training in China
Research Methodology
Introduction
Methodology
Instrumentation
Biology
Validity and Reliability
Processing of the Data
Population
Data Collection
Research Design
Sample
Aims of Research
Ethical Considerations
Research Findings
Introduction
Score Card
Findings
Discussion
Summary and Conclusions

From the Paper:

"According to a report from a discussion forum, up till 2000 Chinese firms could not even think of e-training or online training or education. While 2001 statistics reveal that e-learning has gained the prominence of being at one of the top thirty priorities with the Chinese firms. As such it is given that in the corporate world, majority of the development and market growth is attributed to the adoption of e-learning in the wake of the importance shown by other multinational companies operating in China. It is also reported that there are many medium sized Chinese companies that has adapted e-learning practices as a way to improve and as such this improvement is leading towards the growth in the market in the coming years in areas like telecommunication, banking, and finance."

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