E-learning adoption in hospitality education: An analysis with special focus on Singapore

Revi Nair and Babu P. George

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Abstract: This paper explores issues and challenges in the adoption of e-learning in hospitality education, with special reference to Singapore. Hospitality being a ‘high-touch’ profession and many hospitality related skills being largely intangible, there has been significant industry resistance in technology adoption. There has been concerns from multiple stakeholder groups as to how effectively can technologies compensate for the loss of social context of traditional hands-on learning. However, in Singapore, some polytechnic based schools have practically demonstrated the ways by which technology could be meaningfully integrated into hospitality education.

Keywords: E-learning; hospitality; education; active learning; polytechnics; Singapore (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L83 M1 O1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-01-15, Revised 2016-04-21
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Published in Journal of Tourism, Heritage & Services Marketing 1.2(2016): pp. 3-13

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