Presentation

The UOC's Economics and Business Studies Department, the MeL (Management & eLearning) research group, the University's eLearn Center and the Journal Intangible Capital present the II Workshop in Business, Economics and e-Learning (BEeL 2014), which will be held in Barcelona on 24 October.

The workshop is intended to foster exchanges of ideas and experiences involving the field in which business and economics meet e-learning, a crossing of paths that encompasses the following subject areas:

The use of e-learning methods to teaching business and economics disciplines at any level of education:

• Developing interpersonal skills and other generic competences
• Learning quantitative subjects
• Working with synchronous communication
• Experience-based learning: work placements and projects in businesses; recognizing professional experience
• Simulator use
• Social network use
• Personalized e-feedback
• Teachers: profile, training and motivation
• Virtual teaching teams
• Quality assurance
• Tutor activity

E-learning in the world of business and organizations:

• E-learning for workplace-based employee training
• Embracing e-learning: barriers and facilitating factors
• Detecting needs and designing activities involving e-learning
• Managing e-learning in organizations
• The status of e-learning in specific sectors

The economics of e-learning:

• E-learning as a sector of activity
• The efficacy and efficiency of e-learning
• E-learning's acceptance in the labour market
• E-learning's contribution to development
• Managing virtual universities

The above list is by no means exhaustive. Papers on other topics within the general framework established are welcome.

Organizing Committee members:

Josep M. Batalla
Àngels Fitó
M. Jesús Martínez
Patrícia Noguera
Eva Rimbau
Enric Serradell