... readers navigate through this sizeable book, the 21 chapters are organised into three sections. The first section is entitled Emerging Paradigms and Innovative Theories in Web‐based Tertiary Teaching and Learning. The five chapters in this section describe the history and evolution of e‐learning...

...Madely du Preez Section 3 focuses on students' success in e‐learning and distance education courses as well as the use of ICT for improving teaching‐learning success. It discusses why students' drop out of e‐learning and analyses some variables marking the phenomenon. It describes the influence...

... of the existing models of internet use by academics. Findings The paper postulates an internet adoption model for academics. The Internet Adoption Model for Academics (IAMA) was conceptualized as an abstract object with five main components: internet for teaching, internet for research, internet...

... made between students in different semesters, and under different instruction methods. Some viewpoints on the construction of the Web‐based learning systems are proposed. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Distance learning Human‐computer interface Teaching Learning styles Web sites Data capture...