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Perceptions on the diffusion and adoption of SkillSoftRTM an e-learning program: A case study of a military organization.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Perceptions on the diffusion and adoption of SkillSoftRTM an e-learning program: A case study of a military organization./
Author:	Snyder, Warren E.
Description:	119 p.
Notes:	Adviser: Marcie Boucouvalas.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International67-10B.
Subject:	Education, Technology of. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoeng/servlet/advanced?query=3239109
ISBN:	9780542928956

Perceptions on the diffusion and adoption of SkillSoftRTM an e-learning program: A case study of a military organization.
Snyder, Warren E.

Perceptions on the diffusion and adoption of SkillSoftRTM an e-learning program: A case study of a military organization. - 119 p.

Adviser: Marcie Boucouvalas.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2003.

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to better understand how the diffusion (spread) and adoption (acceptance) of SkillSoftRTM (an e-learning product) occurred among employees of one military organization and to distill individual perceptions regarding influences that affected the process. This case study focused on the process and its challenges. Relating personal perceptions of the process and how various categories of influences (personal, organizational, technological, mandated policy, change) may have affected the process in a military organization provides a unique account that has been lacking in the literature.

ISBN: 9780542928956Subjects--Topical Terms:

1018012
Education, Technology of.

Perceptions on the diffusion and adoption of SkillSoftRTM an e-learning program: A case study of a military organization.
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520 $a The purpose of this qualitative case study was to better understand how the diffusion (spread) and adoption (acceptance) of SkillSoftRTM (an e-learning product) occurred among employees of one military organization and to distill individual perceptions regarding influences that affected the process. This case study focused on the process and its challenges. Relating personal perceptions of the process and how various categories of influences (personal, organizational, technological, mandated policy, change) may have affected the process in a military organization provides a unique account that has been lacking in the literature.
520 $a The results of this case study resonate with earlier research by Rogers (1983), Weinstein (1981), Sherry (1997), and Schein (1985), which found that influences (personal, organizational and technological) can have a dynamic effect on the diffusion and adoption of an innovation such as SkillSoftRTM. The study findings revealed that interviewees preferred job related e-learning experiences which support prior research by Bonk and Wisher (2000), and research by Thomerson and Smith (1996) who found that change in the way training is delivered can have an effect on the individual's willingness to adopt an e-learning program like SkillSoftRTM. The study augments previous findings by Berge, (1997) indicating that culture can be a barrier to the implementation of on-line learning.
520 $a The findings illuminated that awareness of the organization's environment (culture, mission, organization structure, decision-making process, communications channels, skills of employees), users' requirements, as well as the product's (SkillSoftRTM) fit with individual learning styles, are key elements to be considered when implementing an e-learning product in a military setting.
520 $a Post Script. With the acquisition of SMARTFORCERTM, SkillSoftRTM Corporation was able to diversify its e-learning training opportunities (course library) to better meet the learning requirements of military personnel since the initiation of this case study. Currently the 2003 SkillSoftRTM SMARTFORCERTM library of courses is available free of charge on-line and is enhancing the knowledge and skills of active duty, reserve military personnel and Department of Defense government civilians.
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