As investment in e-learning accelerates rapidly worldwide, it is important to improve the economic performance in the existing e-learning initiatives. This article presents a model for analyzing and evaluating the return on investment (ROI) in e-learning. The article also explains each component of the model in details. The model highlights the important issues that must be addressed to optimize the investment strategy. The model also further identifies the return on the investment by the mathematical method of fuzzy comprehensive evaluation.
Index Terms:
e-Learning; Return on Investment; Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation
Citation:
Ling-yun Yi, Ming-zhang Zuo, Zhi-xin Wang, "A Model for Analyzing and Evaluating the Return on Investment in e-Learning," icalt, pp.79-81, Seventh IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2007), 2007