Exploration on E-learning Methods and Factors Hindering their Usage: An Empirical Case Investigation

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Author(s): Chengbo Wang (Glasgow Caledonian University, UK & University of Bolton, UK)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 10
Source title: Web-Based Education: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-963-7.ch054

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Web-Based Teaching & Learning

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For supporting the effectiveness and efficiency of the students’ learning and the educators’ teaching, as a favored approach in recent years, e-learning technology has been widely used in the academic institutes. However, with regarding to the students community, how much they use the e-learning technology, what types of e-learningmethods are being mainly used by the students, as well as the barriers for enjoying the advantages of e-technology, remain interesting topics for the educators to explore. This article, by focusing on these issues, through aninvestigation among the students within a higher education institute, presents an understanding regarding the usage of e-learning methods, and the factors hindering the efficacy of their usage among the students, as well as a primary analysis on the usage difference between undergraduate and postgraduate students.

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