Preface of Advances in E-Learning: Experiences and Methodologies

Abstract

[EN]Web-based training, actually known as eLearning, has experienced a remarkable evolution and growth in the last few years. This is certainly due to enormous advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), and also to the increasing demands to make training compatible with the professional and personal lives of any citizen, and not just something created for young students looking for a degree. Training must be available as a lifelong experience, both for academic studies and for non-formal or informal situations. eLearning is supposed to be an excellent solution for the old problem of mass education, beyond that of an impractical apprenticeship method, since there are far too many knowledge seekers and not enough knowledge providers.