E-voting: an example of collaborative e-teaching and e-learning

E-Teaching as the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in education is of growing importance for educational theory and practice. Many universities and other higher education institutions use ICT to support teaching. However, there are contradicting opinions about the value and outcome of e-teaching. This paper starts with a review of the literature on e-teaching and uses this as a basis for distilling success factors for e-teaching. It then discusses the case study of an e-voting system used for giving student feedback and marking student presentations. The case study is critically discussed in the light of the success factors developed earlier. The conclusion is that e-teaching, in order to be successful, should be embedded in the organisational and individual teaching philosophy.