Participants’ Characteristics for E-Learning

During the last couple of decades e-learning has become an important way of education. In comparison to traditional, face-to-face learning, where all participants are collocated (same place/same time), e-learning represent a radical change in education process, because participants in e-learning process are at physical distance. Due to the physical separation of participants in e-learning process, is e-learning supported with modern information and communication technology (ICT). ICT is a basis and/or central construct which makes e-learning possible. Since e-learning represents a radical change in way of education (i.e. computer-meditated education), several important issues must be addressed. In paper we examine participants’ personal characteristics and their importance for incorporation of potential participants in e-learning process. Based on prior theoretical and empirical research, this paper offers an insight into the participants’ personal characteristics and proposes a set of participants’ characteristics which could lead to success in e-learning process.