Successful E-learning: Wishful Thinking or Reality?

Zoran Ježić – University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics and Business Department of National Economy and Development,
Ivana Filipovića 4, Rijeka, 51000, Croatia

Renee Škulić – University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics and Business Department of National Economy and Development,
Ivana Filipovića 4, Rijeka, 51000, Croatia

Abstract: Technology is developing at an unprecedented pace, and this is affecting the education system as well. This is especially true in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the consequences of which we are still feeling. Basically, COVID-19 has accelerated the inevitable change that has already begun and that has received an incredible boost on the way to the introduction of e-learning. In this paper, the authors explore the question of whether e-learning at the University of Rijeka (UNIRI) Constituents’ is really at a level where it can be said to be e-learning in the true sense of the word and whether it can be classified as successful. Since e-learning is an upcoming educational trend, it deserves special attention and a concrete assessment of its current status so that policymakers can direct their actions toward improvements. Regardless of the outcome of this research, one thing is very clear: education and educational policy will never be the same again.

6th International Scientific Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology, Tourism, Economics, Management and Agriculture – ITEMA 2022 – Selected Papers, Hybrid (University of Maribor, Slovenia), October 27, 2022

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