White Papers

The following papers have been placed here on the FLI website as a courtesy to those who would like to know more about E-Learning, distributed learning and computer-based learning and how these disciplines can be applied in the federal workplace. The copyrights for this intellectual property remain with their owners and these papers are used with their permission.

Blended Learning - Singh
The first generation of e-learning or Web-based learning
programs focused on presenting physical classroom-based
instructional content over the Internet. Furthermore, firstgeneration
e-learning (digitally delivered learning)
programs tended to be a repetition or compilation of online
versions of classroom-based courses. The experience
gained...

E-Learning P3 Model - Khan
In e-learning, people are involved in the process of creating e-learning materials and making them available to a specified audience. The People–Process–Product Continuum or P3 Model (Figure 1) can be used to map a comprehensive picture of e-learning (Khan, in press). For example, ...

E-Learning Failure Study - Romiszowsky
At a recent conference, a lunchtime discussion was held to brainstorm some ideas on “books worth writing” in the field of educational/instructional technology. In order to stimulate our brain cells, the discussion leader suggested: “Think of the...

E-Learning Program Evaluation - Khan and Granato
Many institutions invested heavily in the development and deployment of online programs. E-learning has increasingly become a viable, effective way of delivering instruction and training. Like any new learning initiative...

Flexible Leaders Worldwide - Goodear
Australia’s vocational education and training systems have identified flexible learning as a major vehicle for providing convenient and customised training. In recent years VET has sought to exploit to the fullest potential, the opportunities
afforded by the information and communication technologies through...

Learning Features in Open Learning - Khan
New developments in learning science and technology provide opportunities to create well-designed meaningful learning environments for diverse learners. With the increasing use of a variety of approaches in learning in the information age, learners are moving away from wanting to be taught mostly in lectures or direct training sessions. ...

Online Program Evaluation - Smith and Khan
Users of online learning face many challenges. Some of those challenges lie in dealing with the implementations of
online courseware. Providers of online education also face issues inherent in the delivery of distributed e-learning.
Primary in this effort is...

Selecting Instructional Software - Kao
Abstract
This paper proposes a paradigm for selecting an institutional software. The proposed paradigm includes finding an
applicable theoretical framework for guiding the integration of the software into the institution, customizing this
framework to suit the institution, considering institutional guidelines and policies relevant to...

Training Snippets - Khan and Granato
Introduction
Organizations facing challenges for disseminating resources for high return-on-investment for performance improvement. They need just-in-time and most cost-effective way to train for better results. Can we do it? Advances in information technology coupled with the changes in society are creating new paradigms for training. These massive changes are...

Virtual Education Plan for Developing Countries - Khan

Struggling to cope with the pace of change in information and communication technologies is an
experience we are all familiar with. Each time I go to a conference or meeting, I am flooded with new ideas,
new media, new technologies. As an academic...