E-learning at Swiss Universities – The Starting Point

Abstract: The integration of e-learning into university teaching requires more than just cosmetic adaptations and needs to be approached strategically. The goal of this research is to provide insights from studying the organizational approaches towards e-learning from selected American higher education institutions (HEI) with qualitative methods. Eight exploratory interviews were conducted. Results show that the organization of educational technology support structures and the effect on faculty behavior are not well understood. This relationship is problematic and of great importance for HEI and has therefore to be studied more in depth