Using technology in an e-learning training course: the role of the student's personal environment
by Lionel Filippi; Alain Spalanzani
International Journal of Business Information Systems (IJBIS), Vol. 11, No. 1, 2012

Abstract: This article explores the strong interrelatedness of a distance learning training course and its information system with the student's personal environment. Two questions are raised: first, on a general level, about the influence of the student's personal environment on his or her academic achievements; and second, on a specific level, about the student's strategic use of the various pedagogical resources at his or her disposal or in his or her personal environment. The methodology used is a 'soft systems methodology'. First, the roles of the personal environment are defined and qualified as structuring, supportive or didactic. Second, a typology of the learning behaviours highlights such phenomena as complementarity, substitution and neutrality between the internal and external didactic resources of the training programme.

Online publication date: Sat, 16-Aug-2014

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