2010 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Model for Project Management for Development and Implementation of E-Learning Courses
Author : Michal Kuciapski
Published in: Perspectives in Business Informatics Research
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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The aim of this article is to propose an integrated project management model for development and implementation of e-learning courses. The management model is a process solution map containing processes models integrated with project management categories of: risk, quality, control, costs, time, resources, workflow, document flow and communication with proper templates attached. The model is assigned for instructional designers and project managers to accelerate e-learning courses development. The starting point of the article is an analysis of the weaknesses in standard models for development of e-learning courses. For the thesis confirmation a case studies of four e-learning institutions with significant experience in e-learning field is being shown. The last, key part of the article describes the elaborated model. It contains presentation of process map with detailed processes models consisting of activities with integrated project management categories. The article is based on case studies of institutions with significant e-learning projects realization experience, like: Oncampus, Lübeck University of Applied Science; Distance Education Centre, Kaunas University of Technology; Center of Distance Education Development, Higher Banking School and PEUG, University of Gdansk. It also includes author’s six years experience gained by participation in e-learning projects, like Baltic Sea Virtual Campus and national POKL as courses’ author, instructional designer and it coordinator.