Three Epistemological Foundations for e-Learning Models

Bernard Fallery (1) , Florence Rodhain (1)

1 Systèmes d'information

Research on epistemological foundations is fruitful to understand the different e-learning models and not just to describe them. We develop here the idea that education is fundamentally a process of Communication. And then we can find the three major epistemological perspectives: instrumental perspective (where education is primarily a Transmission), relational perspective (where education is primarily a Exchange) and socio-constructivist perspective (where education is primarily a negotiation of Meaning). In these three perspectives the different e-learning models are then discussed: "just in time" model, "self-service" model and "industrial reuse" model.

Mots clés: epistemology; e-learning model

Domaines: Gestion et management

Bernard Fallery, Florence Rodhain. Three Epistemological Foundations for e-Learning Models. International Conference on e-Education, Entertainment and e-Management, 2011, Jakarta, Indonesia. pp.131-154. ⟨hal-00777835⟩