Access, Efficiency, Inconvenience, and Scarcity as Issues of Online and Distance Learning in Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Gnawali, Yagya Prasad; Upadhayaya, Parshu Ram; Sharma, Bishnu; Belbase, Shashidhar
Titel	Access, Efficiency, Inconvenience, and Scarcity as Issues of Online and Distance Learning in Higher Education
Quelle	In: European Journal of Educational Research, 11 (2022) 2, S.1115-1131 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gnawali, Yagya Prasad) ORCID (Upadhayaya, Parshu Ram) ORCID (Sharma, Bishnu) ORCID (Belbase, Shashidhar)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2165-8714
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Online Courses; Distance Education; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; COVID-19; Pandemics; Graduate Students; Science Education; Barriers; Gender Differences; Computers; Handheld Devices; Telecommunications; Student Attitudes; Program Effectiveness; Place of Residence; Age Differences; Ethnicity; Institutional Characteristics; Higher Education; Nepal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Online course; Online-Kurs; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Digitalrechner; Telekommunikationstechnik; Schülerverhalten; Wohnort; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ethnizität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	This study aimed to explore online and distance learning (ODL) issues related to higher education during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nepal. We applied an online survey design with a five-point Likert scale. We surveyed 71 (57 male and 14 female) postgraduate students in science education at a public higher education institution in Kathmandu, Nepal. A Principal Component Analysis identified four major constructs as the components of ODL issues. They are scarcity, efficiency, access, and inconvenience. The results of the Independent Samples Test (t-test and ANOVA) showed that participants' views about scarcity were significantly different across their gender (male and female) and device use (mobile, laptop, and desktop). They were not significantly different in their views about efficiency, access, and inconvenience across gender, device use, hometown, age group, ethnicity, and school type at 0.05 level of significance. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01