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Gaining the skills of proper management of employees competencies is an essential task for managers, since the effectiveness of this process is undoubtedly not only one of the elements underlying the creation of intellectual capital of an organization but also a factor of obtaining permanent competitive advantage. The issue discussed in article is a very complex research problem therefore the author...
One of the most persistent issues facing educational institutions that offer online programs is whether a given online student is actually the one who registered for the online course . The article disccusses a technology-based system using personal questions to verify the identity of online students, which was implemented and field tested by a U.S. University.
E-learning becomes one of the most popular tools for employees' development in organizations. Despite numerous advantages it offers for employers, it is not trouble-free. One of the greatest obstacles is the lack of participants' motivation for full engagement in e-learning training. The study presented in the article confirms that motivation is a factor of involvement in e-learning. The main aims...
The article discusses the project e-Academy of Future (e-Akademia Przyszlosci) established by educational publisher Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne and the company Combidata Poland. The project's target groups are the post primary school students and teachers. Among the main objectives of the project there are preparing youth to functioning in society of knowledge as well as nurturing students'...
The rapid development of social technologies, observed in recent years, influences lifestyle and work style of young generation in particular. It also imposes new requirements for education system, which ought to be customized for the conditions in which so called digital natives grow up (they are not familiar with living without computers, Internet nor cell phones). Such issues were the subject of...
In the process of creating the most competitive knowledge-based economy the European academic institutions have to fulfill the important role. By carrying out that responsibility they can make profit on resources they possess. Universities are those places where knowledge is not only discovered, but moreover interpreted. Above all, the knowledge is the key asset of every learning organization. The...
The article presents the process of students' progress evaluation at OLAT e-learning platform. The method of estimating teacher's effectiveness by students is also discussed. The author relies on information available in the Internet as well as on personal experience of using the platform.
The article presents the results of the second edition of research on the economic awareness, conducted among 445 participants of educational programs for students in the last grade of primary schools or in first grades of post primary schools. The research enabled estimation of students' knowledge of economic concepts and identification of the areas of economic knowledge in which they have acquired...
Due to changing expectations, social development and new needs the popularization of knowledge requires inventing new tools. The article discusses one of them, namely knowledge festivals, which thrive in many countries. The author points that knowledge festivals have regional dimension since they are co created by many local entities as well as enable the development of cooperation net of economic...
Co-creating values performed by customers and oriented at other customers is an interesting managerial concept. Its essence is based on the premise that some customers are beneficiaries of other customer actions. The application possibilities of this concept are huge, however, the development of new skills and assets may be needed. In the paper various approaches to co-creating values are presented...
Direct results of e-learning activity are assessed in reference to teaching quality and its costs. Whereas in the perspective of teaching quality there are different measures of didactic effectiveness used, on the financial arena there is, in turn, a range of cost effectiveness measures. Separate task is, however, defining the manner of complex measure of long-term effects of e-learning activity,...
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