1. David Asirvatham

2. Knowledge/Skilled workers 50% of all employees’ skills will become outdated within 3-5 years (continuous training plan needed) Moe and Blodgett, CIT, endnote21, p229 In US, by 2012, almost half of all workers will be employed in ICT or its related Industries (retraining needed) The Emerging Digital Economy II, Skilled job represent 85% of all jobs today as opposed to 20% in 1950 (Training will become important) Corporate University Xchange, 2000 Revealing Things, web2.si.edu

3. Success for a nation PRIMARY WEALTH CREATING ASSETS 1800 2020 LAND + LABOUR CAPITAL + ENERGY INFORMATION + KNOWLEDGE

4. National ICT Agenda PEOPLE - Work Culture - ICT Skills - Knowledge worker - Learning Society - United, moral & ethical INFRASTRUCTURE - Communication - Fibre-Optic Cabling - Gigabit ATM - Satellite - Transport/Logistic - etc APPLICATION & CONTENT - Smart Schools - e-govt. - Smartcard - Tele-medicine - Others EDUCATION KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY

5. Why E-Learning?

6. Internet Revolution Internet is changing our life style Traditional Banking E-Banking Traditional Shopping E-Commerce B2C, B2B, etc Traditional Classroom E/M-Learning

9. Growth of Internet E-learning will continue to grow. Why?

10. Growth of Internet

11. Growth of Cell Phones

12. Growth of Broadband

13. Global Competitiveness

14. Classrooms are changing

16. More people will need education A big growth is expected in the education market Student population in US colleges increase from 232,000 at the turn of the century to 13 million today In Malaysia, with one university in 1957 to over 80 public and private university The US Army has established a online educational portal and hope to enroll 15,000 to 20,000 of its army personnel for a degree programme The future soldiers will not be carry guns but computers

17. Education Market in Malaysia Malaysia targets to have 40% of the school leavers to enter tertiary education by 2020 (currently the figure stands at about 27%) Educational Hub of Asia - Plan to increase International student population from 30,000 students in 2003 to 50,000 students by 2005, to 100,000 students by 2010 and 150,000 by 2015.

18. Universities: Brick to Click Lack of facilities and funding Increase in cost of education Growing student population Privatisation of education Cost effective solutions (e.g. e-learning) More virtual classrooms Delivery Mode 100 : 0 (F/T) 80 : 20 (F/T) 20 : 80 (DE) BRICK CLICK

19. Corporate Universities Using Cisco’s IP/TV, it can train up to 3,000 people at once worldwide

20. E-Universities

24. Impact of e-learning on institutions COMPETITIVE E-LEARNING WIDER TRAINING ACCESS IMPROVE QOS INNOVATION REDUCE COST OF TRAINING TRAIN MORE PEOPLE CORPORATE

26. Are we ready for e-learning?

29. Does e-learning promote creativity?

37. Example: Second Life

38. Product Research in a virtual world

39. Social Network in second Life

40. Does the virtual world has “emotions”? Trust and credibility - communication

41. Cancer awareness programme in SL Can you use it to promote awareness of your product?

42. 3D simulation Can you use 3D simulation to train your staff on a tool?

43. Collaboration in SL Can your employees collaborate online to solve a problem?

44. Social Interaction in SL Can you create a social environment for your clients?

45. Conference in SL Can you conduct an online discussion for your product?