TY - GEN
T1 - The E-learning trends for continuing professional development in the accountancy profession in Hong Kong
AU - Wong, Billy Tak Ming
AU - Li, Kam Cheong
AU - Wong, Beryl Yuen Yee
AU - Yau, Joseph Shiu Wing
N1 - Funding Information:
The work described in this paper was partially supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (UGC/ IDS16/15).
Funding Information:
Acknowledgement. The work described in this paper was partially supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (UGC/ IDS16/15).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Continuing professional development (CPD) refers to the ongoing learning and development in order to keep abreast of the advances and changes in a profession and perform competently. For accountancy professionals, CPD is needed throughout their careers. To cater for their needs in Hong Kong in terms of flexibility in time and place, the e-learning mode has become popular and is the future trend in CPD. This paper reviews the modes of delivery of CPD programmes for the accountancy profession in Hong Kong. It examines the programmes which have adopted diverse ways to support accountants to maintain and enhance their technical knowledge and professional skills. This article analyses the features of e-learning for the CPD programmes. They offer benefits for the participants such as self-controlled learning, self-assessment of understanding, and social learning with the online community of peers and colleagues. However, the e-learning channels may have limitations in supporting high-level training. Based on the results of this study, the future trends in CPD for the accountancy profession are discussed in relation to the potential of the latest advances in technology-enhanced learning.
AB - Continuing professional development (CPD) refers to the ongoing learning and development in order to keep abreast of the advances and changes in a profession and perform competently. For accountancy professionals, CPD is needed throughout their careers. To cater for their needs in Hong Kong in terms of flexibility in time and place, the e-learning mode has become popular and is the future trend in CPD. This paper reviews the modes of delivery of CPD programmes for the accountancy profession in Hong Kong. It examines the programmes which have adopted diverse ways to support accountants to maintain and enhance their technical knowledge and professional skills. This article analyses the features of e-learning for the CPD programmes. They offer benefits for the participants such as self-controlled learning, self-assessment of understanding, and social learning with the online community of peers and colleagues. However, the e-learning channels may have limitations in supporting high-level training. Based on the results of this study, the future trends in CPD for the accountancy profession are discussed in relation to the potential of the latest advances in technology-enhanced learning.
KW - Accountancy profession
KW - Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
KW - E-learning
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U2 - 10.1007/978-981-13-0008-0_24
DO - 10.1007/978-981-13-0008-0_24
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85045677270
SN - 9789811300073
T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science
SP - 258
EP - 266
BT - Technology in Education
A2 - Ho, Wai Shing
A2 - Lam, Jeanne
A2 - Ma, Will W. K.
A2 - Cheung, Simon K.
A2 - Li, Kam Cheong
A2 - Au, Oliver
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Technology in Education, ICTE 2018
Y2 - 9 January 2018 through 11 January 2018
ER -