Claudio Dondi's recent article "The underground rivers of innovative e-Learning: a preview from the HELIOS Yearly Report 2006/07" sets out a serie of views and questions on e-learning.

Is there one "e-learning" or several "e-learnings"? The article claims that today there are at least as many e-Learning options as the different learning sub-systems. Has the term "e-learning" lost its meaning trying to represent realities which have very little in common, except for the use of technology?

These different realities, "e-learning territories", are developing separately in their own pace. The speed of change seems to be highest in informal learning environments, relatively high in corporate environments and rather low in institutional education and training. This provokes interesting question: Why are the territories which are changing fastest the ones where education policy makers and formal curricula have little to say?

In addition, shouldn't we aim for a "right speed" instead of high speed of change? Who should define the right speed of development?

Read the article at: http://www.elearningpapers.eu/...

And join the discussion!