Presentation

The UOC's Economics and Business Department, the MeL (Management & eLearning) research group and the University's eLearn Center present the III Workshop in Business, Economics and e-Learning, which will be held in Barcelona on 23 October.

The workshop is intended to foster exchanges of ideas and experiences involving the field in which business and economics meet e-learning, a crossing of paths that encompasses the following subject areas:
 

The focus for the 2015 workshop is the online teacher:
 

• Analysis of the teaching roles in e-learning
• Tutoring
• The competence profile of online teachers
• Motivation and commitment of online teachers
• Teams of online teachers
• Models for contracting and compensating online teachers
• Professional development and training of online teachers

E-learning for economics and business studies disciplines at any level of education:
 

• Development of interpersonal and other generic skills
• Learning of quantitative subjects
• Use of synchronous communication
• Experience-based learning: placements and projects with companies, recognition of professional experience
• Use of simulators
• Use of social networks
• Personalized e-feedback

The e-learning economy:
 

• E-learning as an industry
• Effectiveness and efficiency of e-learning
• The level of acceptance of e-learning in the labour market
• The contribution of e-learning to development
• Management of online universities

Management of organizations offering e-learning:
 

• Organizational structure of organizations offering e-learning
• Costs for e-learning providers
• Leadership in online education institutions
• Quality assurance

E-learning in the organizational and businesss world:
 

• E-learning for employee training in the workplace
• Barriers and aids to adoption of e-learning
• Detection of needs and design of actions for e-learning
• Management of e-learning in companies and institutions
• The position of e-learning in specific industries

The above list is by no means exhaustive. Papers on other topics within the general framework established are welcome.

Organizing Committee members:

Josep M. Batalla
Àngels Fitó
M. Jesús Martínez
Patrícia Noguera
Eva Rimbau
Enric Serradell