**E-Learning Organizational Infrastructure**

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Snježana Babić

*Croatia* 

**Factors that Influence Academic Teacher's** 

The idea of distance learning as the concept of learning at one's own pace independent of time and place, originated in 19th century. The Open University of United Kingdom, which introduced blended learning in 1969, had the crucial role in introducing the distance learning into the higher education. The term e-learning (electronically supported learning) was introduced in 1995, and its most common definition is: learning and teaching using information and communications technology, or more broadly, e-learning technology. Blended model of learning combines different models of learning and teaching: in traditional classroom (which provides e-learning technologies) and virtual learning environment. Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is a component or subsystem of the Managed Learning Environment (MLE), where students and teachers take part in different types of online interaction, and whose focus is on managing and facilitating the learning process while providing the required resources. The commonly used synonym for VLE is Learning Management System (LMS). MLE includes various information systems and processes of the higher education, and together with VLE they make a part of virtual

One of the definitions of virtual campus is: "...refers to a specific format of distance education and on-line learning in which students, teaching staff and even university administrative and technical staff mainly 'meet' or communicate through technical links"

Higher education teacher can find the service of using VLE at certain institutions, which can use the service developed within the institution or at the university level. In practice, most commonly used are commercial software packages (integrated set of tools for communication, knowledge evaluation, collaboration, monitoring and other) such as

Introducing e-learning into higher education institution brings about changes on organizational, economical and technical level, however, the practice shows that e-learning has been introduced into such institutions in various ways which resulted in different quantity and quality of the education processes using e-learning technology. To improve the effectiveness of e-learning, the need occurred for developing the quality management system in the field of e-learning (Kermek et al., 2007). Those standards are: ISO/IEC 19796-

WebCT and Blackboard, and among Open Source packages, Moodle and Claroline.

campus (The Joint Information System Committee [JISC], 2011).

(benchmarking of Virtual Campuses [BENVIC], 2011).

**1. Introduction** 

**Acceptance of E-Learning Technology in** 

**Blended Learning Environment** 

*Polytechnic of Rijeka, Business Department, Rijeka,* 
