Organisational critical success factors for managing eLearning implementation

Since all formal eLearning programmes exist within an organisational context, such as universities, corporations or virtual learning institutes, it is clear that the organisation has the power to facilitate or to control development of eLearning courses. By imposing corporate views on course philosophies, learning models and strategies, it can restrict feasible pedagogical models. Through management of the educational setting, and decisions regarding the availability of resources, the organisational context also influences the design of courses and may restrict possible modes of evaluation. Therefore, the organisational context is critical to the success of the eLearning setting in which tutors, learners, courses and ICT are integrated.