“Comfort” as a Critical Success Factor in Blended Learning Courses

Instructor support services: An inevitable critical success factor in blended learning in higher education in Tanzania

The adoption of blended learning to widen access, reduce cost, and improve the quality of education is becoming prevalent in higher education in sub-Saharan Africa and Tanzania in particular. University of Dar es Salaam and the Open University of Tanzania offer various blended learning courses using Moodle system via regional centres scattered across the country. Despite the success of these co...

Critical Success Factors in MtS Planning Critical Success Factor Analysis as a Methodology for MIS Planning

Tttis article addresses the use and benefits of ttie Critical Success Factor (CSF) methodology in identifying corporate information needs and, subsequently, in developing a corporate information systems plan. The conclusions presented are drawn from an analysis of a CSF study conducted at Financial Institutions Assurance Corporation (FtAC). Interestingly, ttie initial purpose of tttis study was...

Business Terms as a Critical Success Factor for Data Warehousing

This paper describes aspects of the data warehouse project at Lawson Mardon Singen, a German supplier of flexible packaging materials. We focus our work on the methodology of re-constructed business terms as our modeling approach. The goal is to provide high quality data based on clear defined business terms for end user’s decision support in their business process.

Learners' Perspective on Critical Factors to LMS Success in Blended Learning: An Empirical Investigation

INTEGRATING MOOCs IN BLENDED COURSES

Recent studies appreciate that "MOOCs bring an impetus of reform, research and innovation to the Academy" [9]. Even though MOOCs are usually developed and delivered as independent online courses, experiments to wrap formal university courses around existing MOOCs are reported by teachers and researchers in different articles [3], [4], [8], [17]. This paper describes a new approach, in which the...