Original scientific paper

HUMAN CAPITAL - E-LEARNING AND STRATEGY OF DEVELOPMENT

Metod Černetić ; Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Kranj, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Olga Dečman Dobrnjič ; The national education institute of the Republic of the Slovenia

Abstract

Conception of human capital is not entirely original, but it has achieved enormous success among international institutions and western governments, not only because it propose a strategy of permanent development as its advocates suggests, but because economical justifies education; what is in the eyes of decision makers only valid justification. It seems that globalization of on-line education opens fairly big market to firms that offers educational products. World market of on-line higher educational system in the years between 1996 and 2002 has passed over from 97 millions dollars to 3,9 billions of dollars; the market of educational computer programs in the period 1996 to 2000 has passed from 2,3 to 6,2 billion dollars; number of educational CD-ROMs has tripled in the period between 1998 and 2000. Prevailing doctrine in pedagogy and education today has a focus in the theories of human capital. These theories, although full of ideological prejudices, reflect very real tendency of modern capitalism to mobilizing a far greater number of values to their double aspects of factors of production and merchandise. With the term human capital different economists determine "stock of knowledge, which can be economically evaluated and has been captured by individuals." In the first place, these are qualifications, gained either in the system of qualification or either through professional experience. In the wider meaning this conception grasps numerous trumps, which can be carried into effect by individual in the marketplace and can be shown by employee as a potential sources of advantage: for example physical appearance, good manners, way of life and state of mind or even good medical condition. In such manner by the opinion of OECD human capital would unite "knowledge, qualifications, competence and individual characteristics, which relieve creation of personal, social and economic welfare."

Keywords

human capital; education; e-learning; development

Hrčak ID:

34346

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/34346

Publication date:

20.12.2008.

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