Towards an Online Learning Community on Digitalization in Tourism
- Information technology and digital solutions as enablers in the tourism sector require continuous development of skills, as digital transformation is characterized by fast change, complexity and uncertainty. This research investigates how a cMOOC concept could support the tourism industry. A consortium of three universities, a tourism association, and a tourist attraction investigates online learning needs and habits of tourism industry stakeholders in the field of digitalization in a cross-border study in the Baltic Sea region. The multi-national survey (n = 244) reveals a high interest in participating in an online learning community, with two-thirds of respondents seeing opportunities to contributing to such community apart from consuming knowledge. The paper demonstrates preferred ways of learning, motivational and hampering aspects as well as types of possible contributions.
Author details: | Susanne MarxORCiD, Heidi Freundlich, Michael KlotzGND, Mika Kylänen, Grazyna Niedoszytko, Jakub SwachaORCiD, Anne Vollerthum |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-515986 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-51598 |
ISBN: | 978-3-86956-512-5 |
Title of parent work (English): | EMOOCs 2021 |
Publisher: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
Place of publishing: | Potsdam |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2021/08/25 |
Publication year: | 2021 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Publishing institution: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
Release date: | 2021/08/25 |
Number of pages: | 9 |
RVK - Regensburg classification: | ST 670 |
Organizational units: | Digital Engineering Fakultät / Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Digital Engineering GmbH |
DDC classification: | 0 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 00 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme / 004 Datenverarbeitung; Informatik |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Publishing method: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
Open Access / Gold Open-Access | |
Collection(s): | Universität Potsdam / Sammelwerke (nicht fortlaufend) / EMOOCs 2021 / Beiträge |
License (German): | CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
External remark: | Supplement to Christoph Meinel, Thomas Staubitz, Stefanie Schweiger, Christian Friedl, Janine Kiers, Martin Ebner, Anja Lorenz, George Ubachs, Catherine Mongenet, José A. Ruipérez-Valiente, Manoel Cortes Mendez (Eds.): EMOOCs 2021 DOI https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-51030 |