E-learning is a teaching method in which learning is delivered electronically through digital technologies, allowing for flexible, interactive, and often self-directed learning.
The concept of e-learning is closely associated with SCORM, the format in which e-learning has been developed since around the year 2000.
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The concept of e-learning was popularised in the late 1990s and early 2000s, alongside the widespread adoption of the internet and digital technologies for educational purposes.
Elliott Masie is one of the early advocates of e-learning and is often credited with popularising the term in 1999, when he presented it at a conference on technology and learning.