COMPATIBILITY OF ALIGNING E-LEARNING WITH EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

Technological innovation has given access to information anytime anywhere through various hand held devices. The content type has evolved from plain text to rich media. Content delivery is based on the user preference and their likings. Technology has also changed the job requirements, with relevant skills based on emerging technologies. Students and professionals need to acquire required skills that are relevant to the industry. Educational institutions will have to address the required training needs for specific job skills. Need arises to identify the use of emerging technologies in the digital economy. In this paper, the authors discuss e-learning based on industry needs using emerging technologies such as mobile, cloud, social media and business process management (BPM) tools. It further discusses the adoption of technological innovation, and how BPM tools can give more flexibility to change the delivery model, in turn change the learning pattern of students. A delivery model integrated with Social media, BPM tools hosted on portal server deployed on Cloud infrastructure accessible from internet browser and mobile devices is proposed.