Students' Evaluations of the Use of E-Learning in a Collaborative Project between Two South African Universities

Autor/inn/en	Rohleder, Poul; Bozalek, Vivienne; Carolissen, Ronelle; Leibowitz, Brenda; Swartz, Leslie
Titel	Students' Evaluations of the Use of E-Learning in a Collaborative Project between Two South African Universities
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 56 (2008) 1, S.95-107 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-007-9091-3
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Intercollegiate Cooperation; Computer Uses in Education; Student Attitudes; College Students; Access to Computers; Internet; Higher Education; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulkooperation; Computernutzung; Schülerverhalten; Collegestudent; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Online learning is increasingly being used in Higher Education, with a number of advantages to online learning being identified. One of these advantages is the suggestion that online learning provides for equality of opportunity. This article reports on students' evaluations of the use of e-learning in a collaborative project between two South African universities. The results highlighted both positive and negative evaluations of the use of e-learning. The positive aspects identified were that e-learning provided for ease of communication between parties, and easy access to information and learning material. Negative aspects identified were that it presented some technical challenges; online communication was disjointed; there was unequal access to computers between students from the two universities; students felt that more face-to-face interaction is needed. The issue of unequal access to computers and the internet is highlighted as a crucial issue for e-learning in the South African context, and for the fostering of a democratising educational discourse. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10