Why the term is actually eLearning and not e-Learning

I do try not to whinge, too often, but it's been for years now that I've been trying to educate people on using "eLearning" instead of "e-Learning".

The hyphen seemed to be added by journalists, circa 2000, because previous to that the hyphen rarely got a look-in and then suddenly spell check was telling us that was how it should be spelt.

Now I figure that I am qualified to say this, as I first used the internet for business back in 1991 and then in 1998 I launched one of Australia's first "etail" businesses (one of only 3 in Australia to be launched that first year) and back then it was known as an eBusiness. 

In 2001, I enrolled in a Masters of eBusiness & Communication,  and then went onto lecturing in eBusiness and eCommerce subjects at a local university, that is, until I became more interested in the eLearning side of what was happening in Universities and T.A.F.E.'s across the land.

This is how I like to explain why it is written eLearning:

1.  the "e" stands for electronic
2.  the "e" is in small caps, as it's just a small part of the Learning (as it is just part of  the Commerce or Business elements too)
3.  the electronic (I.C.T.) integration should be seamless and by adding a hyphen it looks like an add-on. In education, as in business, commerce or retail, the technology is everywhere and forms part of the core business - the hyphen must go!

Note also that "email" is not "e-mail"!