E learning in Tertiary Education : Where Do We Stand Following the burst of the dot com bubble in 2000 scepticism about e learning replaced over enthusiasm. Rhetoric aside where do we stand Why and how do different kinds of tertiary education institutions engage in e learning What do institutions perceive to be the pedagogic impact of e learning in its different forms How do institutions understand the costs of e learning How might e learning impact staffing and staff development This book addresses these and many other questions. The study is based on a qualitative survey of practices and strategies carried out by the OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) at 19 tertiary education institutions from 11 OECD member countries – Australia Canada France Germany Japan Mexico New Zealand Spain Switzerland the United Kingdom and the United States – and 2 non member countries – Brazil and Thailand. This qualitative survey is complemented by the findings of a quantitative survey of e learning in tertiary education carried out in 2004 by the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education (OBHE) in some Commonwealth countries.