Contexts and Conditions for Online Learning Success

Abstract

Online learning offers opportunities to enhance health professional education (HPE), by facilitating collaborative knowledge sharing, communication, and peer networking in education, training, and continuing professional development and support. But online learning does not just happen online, it takes place in both virtual and physical spaces, including the clinical workplace, all of which influence the nature of the learning experience. It is important to understand the wider context in which online learning is situated and factors such as technology, organisational culture, and learner demographics and motivations, need to be considered when designing and delivering accessible and inclusi..