Assessing the Value of E-learning Systems

Assessing the Value of E-Learning Systems provides an extensive literature review pulling theories from the field of information systems, psychology and cognitive sciences, distance and online learning, as well as marketing and decision sciences. This book provides empirical evidence for the power of measuring value in the context of e-learning systems. Assessing the Value of E-Learning Systems offers a set of benchmarking tools, such as the Value-Satisfaction grids and LeVIS index, to help administrators of e-learning programs realize the key effective characteristics of their program. The book concludes with a “cook book” guidelines approach on how to implement the proposed theory and tools in the reader's own e-learning program.

Dr. Yair Levy is an assistant professor of Management Information Systems (MIS) at the Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences at Nova Southeastern University. Prior to joining the school, Dr. Levy was instructor and director of online learning at the College of Business Administration at Florida International University. During the mid to late 1990s, Dr. Levy assisted NASA to develop e-learning platforms as well as manage Internet and web infrastructures. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology). He received his MBA with MIS concentration and Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from Florida International University. His current research interests include value of information systems, value of online learning systems, IS and online learning effectiveness. His research publications appear in the journal of Computers & Education, International Journal of Information and Communications Technology Education, as well as in several conference proceedings (NASA 1997, WebNet 2001, HICSS-35, and BIS2003). Additionally he published an invited chapter for Distance Learning and University Effectiveness book, as well as in the Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology and the Encyclopedia of Online Learning and Technology. Dr. Levy is serving and the executive chair of the technical program & proceedings committee for the IEEE SoutheastCon 2005 conference as well as a co-chair of the information systems track in the same conference. He co-chaired the Education and E-learning Session in the International Conference on Communications, Internet and Information Technology (CIIT 2004). Dr. Levy has been serving as a referee research reviewer for numerous national and international scientific journals, conference proceedings (e.g. ACM-SIGMIS, ICIS, HICSS, ICPAKM, AMCIS), as well as MIS and Information Security textbooks. He is also a frequent speaker at national and international meetings on MIS and online learning topics. Dr. Levy’s teaching interests and courses taught include e-commerce, management information systems, information systems security, telecommunications and networking, as well as enterprise architecture and infrastructure in the graduate programs.