Digital Media - E-Education & E-Science

Synopsis

The Internet and associated Web 2.0 technologies has further broadened the quality and possibilities for remote education and the ‘virtual classroom’. Tele-education is also becoming increasingly important in training health professionals in remote areas. Corporations and universities are continuing to adopt e-learning solutions in an effort to lower costs and provide training and education to a wider audience. Enterprises also adopt e-learning for similar reasons. However in the current economic environment, BuddeComm sees e-learning growth being curtailed somewhat as companies reign in spending, which in turn will impact upon training and education budgets. This report provides an overview of e-education in terms of both tele-education and e-learning. Brief case studies on Europe and developing markets such as Africa are also provided. The report also introduces and analyses the concept of E-Science.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Introduction
  
  • 2.1 E-Learning and tele-education
    
  • 2.2 E-Learning statistics and forecasts
    
• 3. Case studies
  
  • 3.1 Europe
    
    • 3.1.1 Overview
      
    • 3.1.2 Commercial involvement
      
    • 3.1.3 Norway
      
  • 3.2 Developing market - Africa
    
• 4. Other trends
  
  • 4.1 E-learning and Open Source
    
  • 4.2 Virtual worlds for education
    
  • 4.3 Educating remote health professionals
    
• 5. Innovation networks: where e-science and telecoms meet
  
  • 5.1 E-Science
    
  • 5.2 Citizens E-Science
    
  • 5.3 From video to virtual knowledge
    
• 6. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Worldwide e-learning market value – 2005; 2008; 2010

• Exhibit 1 – Advantages of e-learning
• Exhibit 2 – Sample of e-learning market participants
• Exhibit 3 – Examples of Tele-education initiatives in developing markets
• Exhibit 4 – Examples of open source e-learning projects
• Exhibit 5 – Many Eyes – e-science web site example
• Exhibit 6 – GigaPort and SURFnet