Building on Strategic eLearning Initiatives of Hybrid Graduate Education a Case Study Approach: MHEI-ME Erasmus+ Project

Radovan Madleňák, Stephen P. D’Alessandro, Agostino Marengo, Jenny Pange and György Iván Neszmélyi
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Radovan Madleňák: Department of Communications, University of Žilina, 010 26 Žilina, Slovakia
Stephen P. D’Alessandro: Department of Entrepreneurial Studies, Advenio eAcademy (AeA), 33/4 Abate Rigord Street, XBX 1128 Ta’Xbiex, Malta
Agostino Marengo: Department of Economics and Finance, University Aldo Moro, 70121 Bari, Italy
Jenny Pange: Laboratory of New Technologies and Distance Learning, School of Education, University of Ioannina, 451 10 Ioannina, Greece
György Iván Neszmélyi: Department of Entrepreneurial Studies, Advenio eAcademy (AeA), 33/4 Abate Rigord Street, XBX 1128 Ta’Xbiex, Malta

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 14, 1-13

Abstract: Online courses are gaining popularity because they provide extensive and varied course material, information, knowledge, and skills, whilst also creating an effective educational online community. This research adopts a case study approach to focus on the teaching method and the manner in which a strategic commitment to eLearning provides scope for the development and implementation of top quality educational online fully accredited programs. Entrepreneurship focuses on developing businesses that add value and create wealth and prosperity in our societies. Therefore, entrepreneurship is a key area of learning for graduate students seeking to set up and operate their own SME organizations. It can serve as a benchmark for the teaching of other graduate subjects that require a sound correlation for the correlation of concepts and theories to the challenging complexities of the real world. The program was developed on the basis of the implementation of a state-of-the-art eLearning platform that allowed for a combination of varied self-learning and collaborative learning elements and activities within a single platform. This enabled students to access the online content material efficiently and effectively. It allows for the development of a program based on the flipped classroom teaching methodology. The underlying concept of the flipped classroom methodology is that effective eLearning should comprise both synchronous and asynchronous learning activities. This combination of self-learning and collaborative learning calls for careful planning by the tutor to ensure that the learning objectives are clearly defined for each activity and that the relevant deliverables are monitored. The content material for each subject course module was designed, developed, produced, and presented by the different project partners in a holistic manner structured to motivate participants to learn. The results of our analysis have shown that students were able to learn, discuss their projects, and cooperate during an online course in an effective and participant-focused manner with their tutors. The feedback given highlights the importance of ongoing communications between students and the tutors who often need to act as mentors to retain student engagement.

Keywords: eLearning; higher education; flipped classroom; ARCS model; teaching method; international cooperation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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