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Barriers to open e-learning in public administrations

Horst FriedrichEric RasChristiane PrzygodaPetra SteffensJulia StoffregenSnezana ScepanovicTracey J. MehiganJan M. PawlowskiSabine MoebsEric TobiasDonal FitzpatrickPeter Schilling

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Future studiesmedia_common.quotation_subjectE-learning (theory)Comparative case05 social sciences050301 educationPublic administrationOpen educational resourcesPresentationState (polity)Management of Technology and InnovationLocal governmentPolitical science0502 economics and businessBusiness and International ManagementMontenegro0503 education050203 business & managementApplied Psychologymedia_common

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Abstract This article presents a comparative study of the barriers to open e-learning in public administrations in Luxembourg, Germany, Montenegro and Ireland. It discusses the current state of open e-learning of public administration employees at the local government level and derives the barriers to such learning. This paper's main contribution is its presentation of an empirical set of barriers in the four European countries. The results allow informed assumptions about which barriers will arise in the forthcoming use of open-source e-learning technology, particularly open educational resources as means of learning. Furthermore, this study offers a contextualised barrier framework that allows the systematic capture and comparison of challenges for future studies in the field. Other practical contributions include providing advice about open e-learning programmes, systematising lessons learned and addressing managerial implications.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2016-10-01Technological Forecasting and Social Change
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2016.06.030