E-Learning Technology for Problem-Based Learning Technique: An Introduction of Requirements Elicitation Model

Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is a learning technique that involves learners with problem-solving skills and it is known to motivate learners to collaborate among themselves to work together for the best solution. This technique requires effective social interaction in order to produce the best outcome from each discussion in the learning process. Social interaction issue becomes more interesting in reducing socio-technical gap in elearning application since the interaction involves people virtually during the session regardless of time and place. The failure to reduce socio-technical gap in the implementation of e-learning can cause ambiguous features in the system due to different perception of requirements specification from stakeholders with various backgrounds. This paper portrays social elements in e-learning environment and how requirements components in requirements elicitation model can help in extracting social requirements in e-learning application.