NDLI: XESS — Extended e-learning support system

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Fenu, G. Picconi, M. Surcis, S.
Copyright Year	2009
Description	Author affiliation: Cosmolab Consortium (Surcis, S.) \|\| University of Cagliari (Fenu, G.; Picconi, M.)
Abstract	In recent years, Universities have begun to offer innovative services to students using technologies such as videoconferencing and e-learning platforms to provide a variety of courses. These services differ quite substantially and offer different benefits at different costs. Generally speaking, it is very difficult to estimate the total cost of an e-learning infrastructure, that takes into account start-up and steady state phases. Besides, the use of freeware or open source platforms can create other difficulties as, in many cases, no complete cost-benefit analysis exists that can consider hidden or related costs using this technology. Various methods are proposed in the scientific literature for tackling the problems related to the evaluation and the comparison between e-learning solutions. In this paper we discuss a new method for solving this kind of problems using a Decision Support System called XESS (eXtended E-learning Support System).
Starting Page	165
Ending Page	170
File Size	450931
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424446148
DOI	10.1109/NDT.2009.5272152
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2009-07-28
Publisher Place	Czech Republic
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Decision support systems Software maintenance Teleconferencing Electronic learning Phase estimation Cost function Hardware Steady-state Mathematical model Cost benefit analysis
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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