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Definition and E-Learning Characteristics
Many experts outline the definition of e-learning from
different point of views. Some common definitions on e-
learning are outlined as follows:
- E-learning is a teaching and learning process that allows
the delivery of teaching materials to learners using the
internet platform or other computer network tools.
- E-learning is an educational system that uses
electronic applications to support teaching and
learning through internet, computer networks, and
standalone computers.
- E-learning is all learning and teaching process
which includes the use of computers to support
improving the quality of learning, including the use
of mobile technologies.
E-learning also use web based teaching materials,
hypermedia, multimedia or websites, online discussion
forums, collaborative software, e-mail, blogs, wikis,
computer aided assessment, educational animation,
simulations, games, learning management software,
electronic voting systems, and others. It can also be a
combination of different medias mentioned above.
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From the definition it can be concluded that the system
or the concept of education that utilizes information
technology in the process of teaching and learning can be
referred to E-learning.
The characteristics of E-learning are as follows:
- Utilizing the services of electronic technology;
where teachers and learners, learners and fellow
learners or teachers and fellow teachers can
communicate easily.

1. Soekartawi, 2017, p.12.